We can start by looking at a robot as a physical system. However, instead of looking at it all joined together, you can see how a typical hobby rover looks when totally disassembled in the following diagram:
A hobby rover with components laid out
A robot can also be visualized as a block diagram of connected parts. Block diagrams use simple shapes to show a rough idea of how things may be connected. Refer to the following diagram:
A robot block diagram
The preceding diagram is a block diagram. This is not a formal notation; ...
