... intermediate part of the book.TLFeBOOK Mechanical Engineering SeriesJ. Angeles, Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems: Theory, Methods, and Algorithms, 2nd ed.P. Basu, C. Kefa, and L. Jestin, ... the mathemat-ics of robotics, intended for sophomore students of science and engineering,TLFeBOOKJorge Angeles Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems Theory, Methods, and Algorithms Second ... Overview of Robotic Mechanical Systems1.1 IntroductionIn defining the scope of our subject, we have to establish the genealogy of robotic mechanical systems. These are, obviously, a subclass of the...