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Robots are complex devices, and there are many ways to describe or classify them. Six common methods are described here. The chapter also explains some of the nomenclature currently used, the advantages of alternative approaches, introduces design details that are discussed more fully in Parts II and III, and introduces some current robotic applications.
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Poole, H.H. (1989). Types of Robots. In: Fundamentals of Robotics Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7050-5_2
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