Mobile Robotics for Multidisciplinary Study

by Carlotta A. Berry

This lecture provides an introduction to the field of mobile robotics and the intersection between multiple robotics-related disciplines including electrical, mechanical, computer, software engineering and computer science. It is intended for an upper-level undergraduate or first-year graduate students interested in mobile robotics and artificial intelligence with some experience in object-oriented programming and controls. Focus areas will include robotics history, hardware, control and software. Specific topics include robot components, effectors and actuators, locomotion, kinematics, sensors, feedback control, control architectures, representation, navigation, localization and mapping. The end of each chapter includes review questions as well as exercises to provide applications for the concepts as well as opportunities for further study. Table of Introduction / Hardware / Control / Software

100 pages, Paperback

First published April 2, 2012

About the author

Dr. Carlotta A. Berry is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

She is also recently been named the Lawrence J. Giacoletto Endowed Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering for 2021-2024. She is also a fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education.

Berry has a special passion for diversifying the engineering profession by recruiting more underrepresented populations and women to the field. She feels that the profession should reflect the world that we live in order to solve the unique problems that we face.

She is co-founder of the Rose building undergraduate diversity program, Rose-Hulman multidisciplinary minor in robotics, Black In Engineering and Black In Robotics. Her research interests are in robotics education, interface design, human-robot interaction, and increasing underrepresented populations in STEM fields.

Due to her work in engineering education, diversity and robotics, she was named one of 30 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About, awarded the TechPoint Foundation for Youth Bridge Builder Award, FIRST Indiana Gamechanger, and named an American Society of Engineering Education Fellow.

Reviews

[Carlotta]

This is a book I wrote for my undergraduate students because I could not find a mobile robotics textbook that was appropriate for multiple disciplines as well as undergraduate students. It is a practical overview text that goes well with the labs I created from several references. See more about my work on YouTube at the following links.

https://wordpress.rose-hulman.edu/ber...

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB...

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