Introduction to Embedded Systems and Robotics: A Practical Guide
暫譯: 嵌入式系統與機器人技術導論：實用指南

這本書是關於嵌入式系統和機器人技術基礎的技術指南，以及它們在實際問題中的應用。本書介紹了與嵌入式系統和機器人技術融合相關的不同元素的概念，然後再探討機器人系統的物理學。

這本書是嵌入式系統和機器人技術的入門書：A代表獲取概念，B代表構建機器人系統，C代表創造解決方案。

本書適合電子與電機工程、機器人工程、計算機科學與工程、機械工程及相關學科的本科生和研究生。具體而言，它將作為學生在最後學期進行機器人項目的指南。

Nayan M. Kakoty obtained bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Jorhat Engineering College in 2004, Master of Technology in Bioelectronics in 2006 and Ph. D. in the area of Rehabilitation Robotics in July 2014 from Tezpur University. Dr. Kakoty joined City University of Hong Kong as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in October 2014. Currently, he is working as a professor in the department of ECE, Tezpur University (www.tezu.ernet.in/ nkakoty) and leading the Embedded Systems and Robotics Laboratory (ERL) (www.tezu.ernet.in/erl).

Dr. Kakoty, an IEEE Senior Member, focuses on development of artificial hand for upper limb amputees. He has completed two consultancy projects and five research projects funded by department of Science and Technology - Government of India (GoI), department of Biotechnology - GoI, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology - GoI, Assam Science Technology and Environment Council - Government of Assam in the area of biomedical engineering aiming for an advanced prosthetic hand. The prosthetic hand called ENRICH developed by his team is in use by users. Currently, he is working for an anthropomorphic prosthetic hand and co-adaptation of user with prosthesis.

His work in research and academics have been awarded with Best Paper Award in the ACM International Conference on Advances in Robotics 2013, India; Anniversary Teacher Award 2015-Tezpur University; Professor S. K. Mukherjee Gold Medal in Anveshan 2013, IEEE Best student project awards 2012 and 2013 for the projects under guidance; Best Young Engineers Award in 2017 by the North-East Senior Engineers' Forum; and 2nd position in Region 10 IEEE Product Demo Competition 2021 and Dare to Dream 2022 organized by DRDO, Ministry of Defence, GoI. Dr. Kakoty is one of the founder members of The Robotics Society - India (RSI).

Dr. Rupam Goswami (Senior Member, IEEE, 2021) is an Assistant Professorat the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tezpur University, India. He received the doctoral degree in microelectronics from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar in 2018. He has completed Master of Technology in Microelectronics and VLSI Design from NIT Silchar in 2014, and Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Assam Engineering College in 2012. Prior to joining Tezpur University, he has served in teaching positions at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, India, and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneshwar, India.

His research interests include simulation, and modeling of semiconductor devices (TFETs, FinFETs, TFTs, advanced MOS devices), memristors as sensors, and charcoal electronics. He has 35 publications in SCI/ SCIE journals, 18 publications in peer-reviewed conferences, and 3 book chapters. He has served as the editor of two (02) technical books, and has two (02) patents filed to his credit. He has delivered a number of invited talks at various events, is an Editorial Board Member of BMC Research Notes (SpringerNature), and Review Editor of Frontiers in Electronics-Nano- and Microelectronics . He has worked in the role of three (03) government-sponsored research projects as an investigator. He is the recipient of Young Scientist Award for 2021 by DST, Government of Assam. He is the founder of VrixaaLabs: an open learning initiative.

Dr. Ramana Vinjamuri received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Kakatiya University (India) in 2002. He received his MS in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University in 2004 specialized in Bioinstrumentation. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2008 specialized in Dimensionality Reduction in Control and Coordination of Human Hand from the University of Pittsburgh. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow (2008-2012) in the field of Brain Machine Interfaces (BMI) to control prosthesis in the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. He worked as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University (2012-2013). He was a Harvey N Davis Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (2013-2020). He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2019 and NSF IUCRC "BRAIN" Center Planning Grant in 2020. He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (CSEE) at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) 2020-2023. Currently he is a Tenured Associate Professor at UMBC CSEE. He also holds a secondary appointment as a Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India.

Nayan M. Kakoty於2004年獲得喬爾哈特工程學院的電機工程學士學位，於2006年獲得生物電子學碩士學位，並於2014年7月在特茲普爾大學獲得復健機器人領域的博士學位。Kakoty博士於2014年10月加入香港城市大學擔任博士後研究員。目前，他在特茲普爾大學電子與通信工程系擔任教授（www.tezu.ernet.in/nkakoty），並領導嵌入式系統與機器人實驗室（ERL）（www.tezu.ernet.in/erl）。

Kakoty博士是IEEE高級會員，專注於為上肢截肢者開發人工手。他已完成兩個顧問項目和五個由印度政府科學與技術部、印度政府生物技術部、印度政府電子與信息技術部、阿薩姆科學技術與環境委員會資助的生物醫學工程研究項目，旨在開發先進的義肢手。他的團隊開發的義肢手名為ENRICH，目前已被用戶使用。目前，他正在研究擬人義肢手及用戶與義肢的共同適應。

他的研究和學術工作曾獲得2013年ACM國際機器人進展會議最佳論文獎、2015年特茲普爾大學周年教師獎、2013年Anveshan的S. K. Mukherjee金獎、2012年和2013年IEEE最佳學生項目獎、2017年由東北高級工程師論壇頒發的最佳青年工程師獎，以及2021年IEEE第10區產品演示競賽第二名和2022年由印度國防部DRDO主辦的Dare to Dream競賽。Kakoty博士是印度機器人學會（RSI）的創始成員之一。

Dr. Rupam Goswami（IEEE高級會員，2021年）是印度特茲普爾大學電子與通信工程系的助理教授。他於2018年在國立技術學院（NIT）西爾查爾獲得微電子學博士學位。他於2014年在NIT西爾查爾獲得微電子學與VLSI設計碩士學位，並於2012年在阿薩姆工程學院獲得電子與電信工程學士學位。在加入特茲普爾大學之前，他曾在印度比爾拉科技與科學學院（Pilani Campus）和印度布巴內斯瓦爾的卡林加工業技術學院擔任教學職位。

他的研究興趣包括半導體器件（TFETs、FinFETs、TFTs、先進MOS器件）的模擬與建模、作為傳感器的記憶電阻器以及炭電子學。他在SCI/SCIE期刊上發表了35篇論文，在同行評審的會議上發表了18篇論文，並撰寫了3章書籍。他擔任過兩本技術書籍的編輯，並擁有兩項專利。他在各種活動中發表了多場受邀演講，是BMC Research Notes（SpringerNature）的編輯委員會成員，並擔任Frontiers in Electronics-Nano- and Microelectronics的審稿編輯。他作為調查員參與了三個政府資助的研究項目。他是2021年阿薩姆政府DST頒發的青年科學家獎的獲得者。他還是VrixaaLabs的創始人，這是一個開放學習倡議。

Dr. Ramana Vinjamuri於2002年在卡卡提亞大學（印度）獲得電機工程學士學位。2004年，他在維拉諾瓦大學獲得電機工程碩士學位，專攻生物儀器學。2008年，他在匹茲堡大學獲得電機工程博士學位，專攻人手控制與協調中的維度縮減。他於2008年至2012年在匹茲堡大學醫學院的腦機介面（BMI）領域擔任博士後研究員。2012年至2013年，他在約翰霍普金斯大學生物醫學工程系擔任研究助理教授。2013年至2020年，他在史蒂文斯理工學院生物醫學工程系擔任哈維·N·戴維斯傑出助理教授。他於2019年獲得NSF CAREER獎，並於2020年獲得NSF IUCRC 'BRAIN'中心規劃補助。他於2020年至2023年在馬里蘭大學巴爾的摩縣（UMBC）計算機科學與電機工程系擔任助理教授。目前，他是UMBC CSEE的終身副教授，並在印度海得拉巴的印度理工學院擔任訪問教授。