Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii An Overview of Robotic Mechanical Systems....Pages 1-25 Mathematical Background....Pages 27-94 Fundamentals of Rigid-Body Mechanics....Pages 95-138 Geometry of Decoupled Serial Robots....Pages 139-183 Kinetostatics of Serial Robots....Pages 185-254 Trajectory Planning: Pick-and-Place Operations....Pages 255-279 Dynamics of Serial Robotic Manipulators....Pages 281-351 Special Topics in Rigid-Body Kinematics....Pages 353-374 Geometry of General Serial Robots....Pages 375-419 Kinematics of Alternative Robotic Mechanical Systems....Pages 421-463 Trajectory Planning: Continuous-Path Operations....Pages 465-506 Dynamics of Complex Robotic Mechanical Systems....Pages 507-546 Back Matter....Pages 547-589