Chapter 1 The First steps What Is a Robot? What Is Robotics? Robots and AI Robotics Lab Research Paradigm Hardware and Software in Robotics Basic Electronics Components Software Packages Used in Robotics Linux in Robotics Digital and Analog Signals Digital Signal Processing Number Systems Logic and Binary Systems Exercises and Projects Chapter 2 Introduction to Embedded Robotics Microcontrollers and Development Boards MCU and Development Board Development Boards and Power Consumption SBC (Single Board Computer) Sensors Sensor's Classifications Transfer Function & Sensor Characteristics Sensor Modules Sensor Shields Optical Sensors Temperature Sensors Proxy Motors DC Motors Serve Motors Stepper Motors Hardware Control PID Control PWM Controlling Serve Motors Manipulators-I Advance Use of Microcontrollers Dealing with 'Delay' Multitasking and OO Programming Object Oriented Programming with Microcontrollers User Interfaces Exercises and Projects Chapter 3 Robotics Design and Control Different Robots Tools for Intelligent Robotics Design Image Processing ROS (Robot Operating System) Manipulators-II Calculating Forward Kinematics Ground Moving Robots Toward Intelligent Robotics Intelligent Vision Sensors Exercises and Projects Chapter 4 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Introduction Terminology What Is Neural Network? AI Ready Devices Human Intelligence vs. Robot Intelligence How Robots See the World Dispositive Networks and Understanding of the World Human-Robot Interaction Exercises and Projects Chapter References