Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems by Francesco Bullo

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The primary emphasis of this book is the modeling, analysis, and control of mechanical systems. 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.

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Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems by Francesco Bullo

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)

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ISBN 13 9781441919687
ISBN 10 1441919686
Title Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems
Author Francesco Bullo
Series Texts In Applied Mathematics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published 2010-11-29
Number of pages 727
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