This book, a unique text on robotics and welding, will be bought by graduate students, and researchers and practitioners in robotics and manufacturing.

Professors Pires and Loureiro are researchers in the University of Coimbra's Mechanical Engineering Department. Prof. Pires is part of the Robotics Lab while Prof. Loureiro is part of the Welding Technology Lab. They have collaborated with Prof. Gunnar Bolmsjö of the Robotics Division in the University of Lund (and currently on attachment in Coimbra).