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Author Bullo, Francesco, author.

Title Geometric control of mechanical systems : modeling, analysis, and design for simple mechanical control systems / Francesco Bullo, Andrew D. Lewis.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Springer, 2005.
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 727 pages) : illustrations.
text file PDF
Physical Medium polychrome
Series Texts in applied mathematics, 0939-2475 ; 49
Texts in applied mathematics ; 49. 0939-2475
Note Originally published by Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. in 2005. Softcover repint of the hardcover 1st edition 2005.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: Modeling of mechanical systems; Introductory examples and problems; Linear and multilinear algebra; Differential geometry; Simple mechanical control systems; Lie groups, systems on groups, and symmetries -- Part II: Analysis of mechanical control systems; Stability; Controllability; Low-order controllability and kinematic reduction ; Perturbation analysis -- Part III: A sampling of design methodologies; Linear and nonlinear potential shaping for stabilization; Stabilization and tracking for fully actuated systems; Stabilization and tracking using oscillatory controls; Motion planning for underactuated systems; Appendices; Time-dependent vector fields; Some proofs.
Summary The primary emphasis of this book is the modeling, analysis, and control of mechanical systems. The methods and results presented can be applied to a large class of mechanical control systems, including applications in robotics, autonomous vehicle control, and multi-body systems. The book is unique in that it presents a unified, rather than an inclusive, treatment of control theory for mechanical systems. A distinctive feature of the presentation is its reliance on techniques from differential and Riemannian geometry. The book contains extensive examples and exercises, and will be suitable for a growing number of courses in this area. It begins with the detailed mathematical background, proceeding through innovative approaches to physical modeling, analysis, and design techniques. Numerous examples illustrate the proposed methods and results, while the many exercises test basic knowledge and introduce topics not covered in the main body of the text. The audience of this book consists of two groups. The first group is comprised of graduate students in engineering or mathematical sciences who wish to learn the basics of geometric mechanics, nonlinear control theory, and control theory for mechanical systems. Readers will be able to immediately begin exploring the research literature on these subjects. The second group consists of researchers in mechanics and control theory. Nonlinear control theoreticians will find explicit links between concepts in geometric mechanics and nonlinear control theory. Researchers in mechanics will find an overview of topics in control theory that have relevance to mechanics.
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Subject Automatic control.
Automatic control.
Geometry, Differential.
Geometry, Differential.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lewis, Andrew D., author.
In: Springer eBooks
Other Form: Print version: Bullo, Francesco. Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems : Modeling, Analysis, and Design for Simple Mechanical Control Systems. New York, NY : Springer New York, ©2004 9780387221953
ISBN 9781489972767 (electronic book)
1489972765 (electronic book)
9781441919687 (print)
0387221956 (alkaline paper)
9780387221953
Standard No. 10.1007/978-1-4899-7276-7