Robotics And Industrial Automation

This treatise on the subject Robotics and Industrial Automation contains a comprehensive treatment of the subject matter in a simple, lucid and direct language. It covers the syllabi of the various Indian Universities exhaustively.The book contains ten chapters in all, namely :1. Fundamentals of Robot, 2. Robot End-effectors, 3. Robotic Sensors and Vision, 4. Robot Programming Languages, 5. Robot Drives, Actuators and Controls, 6. Hydraulic and Pneumatic Circuits, 7. Electrical and Electronic Controls, 8. Fluidics, 9. Industrial Automation, and 10. Robot Applications.All these chapters are saturated with much needed text, supported by simple and self-explanatory figures, and worked examples, wherever required. At the end of each chapter Highlights, Objective Type Questions, and Theoretical Questions have been added to make the book a comprehensive and complete unit in all respects.The author's thanks are due to his wife Ramesh Rajput for extending all cooperation during preparation and proofreading of the manuscript.Finally, the author wishes to express his gratitude to the Managing Director and all the concerned staff members of S. Chand & Company Ltd. who were involved so dedicatedly in the publication of this book.Although every care has been taken to make the book free of errors both in text as well as in solved examples, yet the author shall feel obliged if any errors present are brought to his notice. Constructive criticism of the book will be warmly received