The area of analysis and control of mechanical systems using differential geometry is flourishing.
This book collects many results over the last decade and provides a comprehensive introduction to the area.
The area of analysis and control of mechanical systems using differential geometry is flourishing.
This book collects many results over the last decade and provides a comprehensive introduction to the area.
From the reviews:
"The book deals with the geometric theory of mathematical modeling, analysis, and control of ‘simple’ mechanical systems … . The text is written with great care and lucidity, includes many exercises, and has clearly benefited from being used in various undergraduate and graduate courses. The book will certainly become a main reference in this area … ." (A. J. van der Schaft, Mathematical Reviews, 2005h)
“Those who are interested in robotic mechanical systems will almost certainly enjoy reading this book. … intended to be used both as a textbook for graduate students, and at the same time as background material for researchers active in the field of geometric control theory or geometric mechanics. … authors provide an efficient geometric model for modeling mechanical control systems is brilliant. Precisely this fact makes this book very pleasant to read. In my opinion, it will become a standard reference work in the subject.” (Bavo Langerock, Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society, Vol. 15 (1), 2008)
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.