
Essays on Mathematical Robotics
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 25. September 1998
Book
Hardback
IX, 379 pages
978-0-387-98596-1 (ISBN)
Description
The chapters in this book present an excellent exposition of recent developments in both robotics and nonlinear control centering around "hyper-redundancy", highly oscillatory inputs, optimal control, exterior differential systems, and the use of generic loops.
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Edition
1998 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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IX, 379 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
758 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-98596-1 (9780387985961)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-1710-7
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John Baillieul | Shankar S. Sastry | Hector J. Sussmann
Essays on Mathematical Robotics
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Content
The role of compliant fingerpads in grasping and manipulation: Identification and control.- Event-based planning and control for robotic systems: Theory and implementation.- The kinematics of hyper-redundant robots.- Line-integral estimates and motion planning using the continuation method.- Kinematic path planning for robots with holonomic and nonholonomic constraints.- A general approach to path planning for systems without drift.- Discontinuous stabilization of Brockett's canonical driftless system.- On feedback linearization of robot manipulators and Riemannian curvature.- Averaging and energy methods for robust open-loop control of mechanical systems.- Exterior differential systems in control and robotics.