Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in Python (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 146)

Peter Corke brings everything together in this book. His explanations are lucid and complete. He even fills in the "how and why" of various developments in robotics, illuminating some of the historical steps that led to modern robots. Topics are introduced starting with the most fundamental then building on top of that foundation. Along the way, he provides simple, working Python code, allowing the reader to see the details of the computational "machinery" in operation.