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This book makes the fundamental algorithms of robotics, vision and control accessible to all. It weaves together theory, algorithms and examples in a narrative that covers robotics and computer vision separately and together. The authors show how complex problems can be decomposed and solved using just a few simple lines of code in the MATLAB® language. The topics covered are guided by real problems observed by the authors over many years as practitioners of both robotics and computer vision.

It is written in a light but informative style, it is easy to read and absorb, and includes over 1600 MATLAB® and Simulink® examples and figures. The book is a walk through the fundamentals of mobile robots, navigation, localization, arm-robot kinematics, dynamics and joint level control, then color and light, image processing, feature extraction, camera models,  and multi-view geometry, then finally bringing it all together with an extensive discussion of visual-based robot control and real-world applications.

Author LinkedIn profiles:

• Peter Corke
• Witold Jachimczyk
• Remo Pillat

This third edition, published in 2023, has been completely revised, extended and updated. To follow the code examples in this book requires:

• Software products licensed from MathWorks® including MATLAB® and a number of MATLAB® Toolboxes.You may be able to access these products via your university or company. Many universities around the world have a license that provides the full suite of MathWorks®’ products to students and staff. Personal licenses are also available from MathWorks.  If your licence allows it, you can run examples using MATLAB Online with zero installation of software on your device.
• The open-source RVC Toolbox