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This book does a good job of assembling the pertinent reliability engineering mathematics and techniques in a single volume and applying them to illustrative examples. The examples are oriented toward industrial robots and robot workspaces in manufacturing facilities. -John M. Dolan, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University ... simple and elegant presentation ... easy to read and understand ... A very useful guidebook for beginners in reliability and safety ... a novel approach to robot systems. -Professor Krzysztof Kolowrocki, Gdynia Maritime University Well-organized content, which meets the [needs of] professionals and practitioners in the field of robot and reliability. -Kouroush Jenab, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach ... a treasure of current information in a single volume ... extremely pragmatic and very easy to use not only for practicing engineers but also for undergraduate/graduate students and researchers. This book provides a very comprehensive treatment of the subject and is written in a simple and easy-to-understand language ... superbly organized and very well presented by translating the most difficult technical concepts into easy-to-use language. -Dr. Subramanyam Naidu Rayapati, President & CEO, Agile CloudTech, LLC There are many examples and illustrations ... [that] provide a better understanding of dependability (reliability, safety, and maintainability) problems in robots. The author discusses various mathematical models, analytical techniques, and problems of practical significances. Readers interested in robotics who are not familiar with dependability issues can grasp basic techniques after studying the book. Moreover, they can continue deeper studies in the referenced literature according to the outlined roadmap. This book presents essential elements of robot dependability; it can be suggested as the primary text for courses on robotics and can also be useful (secondary reading) in courses on system reliability and maintainability, automation, etc. -Janusz Sosnowski, Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology The sequence of presentation is logical. Chapter 9 is especially useful. What is important - particularly when this book purports to be using a modern approach - is the application of computer software packages for doing the various data-intensive analysis. This book would attract a lot more audience of technical background (i.e. the no- number-crunching sort) if an additional chapter is devoted to this practical and rather essential aspect. -T N Goh, National University of Singapore

A very simple and elegant presentation of the contents. ...very easy to read and to understand... A very useful guide book for the beginners in reliability and safety... a novel approach to robot systems. -Professor Krzysztof Kolowrocki, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland Well organized content which meets the professional and practitioner in the field of robot and reliability. -Kouroush Jenab, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

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Dr. B.S. Dhillon is a professor of engineering management in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. He has published over 376 articles on reliability engineering, maintainability, safety, and engineering management and authored 42 books on various aspects of healthcare, engineering management, design, reliability, safety, and quality. He received a PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Windsor.

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