Implementation of Robot Systems

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Elsevier for the opportunity to put into print the knowledge and experience I have gained over the 30 years I have worked in robotics. In particular thank you to Hayley Gray and Charlie Kent of Elsevier, who provided much needed encouragement during the more challenging phases of this project. Thanks also to Brian Wilson, my father, who set me on the road into engineering and has encouraged me at all stages of my life, in addition to providing advice on this work.

I am grateful to all my friends and the colleagues with whom I have worked throughout my career. It has been a pleasure to meet and work with so many people from different countries and industries with a shared interest in automation and robotics. ...