ONE Components of Robotic Systems -- General -- Mechanical Arm -- End Effector -- Robot Motors -- Computer (Controller) -- Sensors -- Two The Mechanical Arm -- Mechanical Arm Structure -- Classifying Robots -- Structural Characteristics of Robots -- Three Fundamental Concepts of Control -- Control Systems -- Open-Loop Control -- Closed-Loop Control -- Negative and Positive Feedback -- Control System Errors and Stability -- Controller Types -- Four Electrical Drive Components -- DC Servo Motors -- Stepping Motors -- Considerations in the Use of Stepping Versus DC Servo Motors -- Five Hydraulic Drive Systems -- Properties of Hydraulic Fluids -- Cylinders -- Power Sources -- Valves -- Electrohydraulic Servo Valves -- Six Feedback Devices -- Potentiometers -- Optical Encoders -- DC Tachometers (Tachogenerators) -- Seven Drive and Control Systems: An Appraisal -- Automatic Drilling Process: Computerized Control System for One Axis -- Automatic Command for Filling Containers with a Constant Powder Volume -- Computer-Controlled System for Hydraulic Cylinder Position and Velocity Control -- Hydraulic Cartesian Robot with Three Degrees of Freedom -- Eight Robot Path Control -- What is Path Control? -- Point-to-Point Control -- Continuous Path Control -- Nine A Case Study -- Defining the Task -- Can this Robot Perform this Task? -- Operation of the Robot Components during Execution of the Assigned Task.