This book explores connections between control theory and geometric mechanics. The author links control theory with a geometric view of classical mechanics in both its Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations, and in particular with the theory of mechanical systems subject to motion constraints. The synthesis is appropriate as there is a rich connection between mechanics and nonlinear control theory. The book provides a unified treatment of nonlinear control theory and constrained mechanical systems that incorporates material not available in other recent texts. The book benefits graduate students and researchers in the area who want to enhance their understanding and enhance their techniques.

A modern and unified treatment of the mechanics, planning, and control of robots, suitable for a first course in robotics.

The workshop on Control Mechanics, originated in 1988, beca- me an annual event and gained considerable recognition in advancing control of nonlinear and uncertain mechanical sy- tems and promoting application of advanced mechanics in con- trol. The fourth meeting continues the tradition with 17 papers containing original and recent work of the partici- pants developed in 3 basic directions: feed-back control of uncertain systems, flexible mechanical structures and flight control.

Parallel structures are more effective than serial ones for industrial automation applications that require high precision and stiffness, or a high load capacity relative to robot weight. Although many industrial applications have adopted parallel structures for their design, few textbooks introduce the analysis of such robots in terms of dynamics

This book focusses on one of the important classes of Robots known as manipulators or robotic arms, and provides a thorough treatment of its kinematics, dynamics, and control. The book also covers the problem of trajectory generation and robot programming. The text, apart from providing a detailed account of topics such as on taxonomy of robots, spatial description of rigid bodies, kinematics of manipulator, concept of dexterous workspace, concept of singularity, manipulator dynamics using both the Newton–Euler and Lagrangian approaches with a deeper insight into the manipulator dynamics, manipulator control, and programming, additionally encompasses topics on motion planning, intelligent control, and distributed control of manipulators. The book is an excellent learning resource for understanding the complexities of manipulator design, analysis, and operation. It clearly presents ideas without compromising on the mathematical rigour. KEY FEATURES • Full coverage of syllabi of all the Indian universities • Based on classroom-tested lecture notes • Numerous illustrative examples • Chapter-end problems for brainstorming Primarily designed for students studying Robotics in undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses in mechanical and mechatronics disciplines, the book is also of immense value to the students pursuing research in robotics. Instructor Resources PPTs and Solution Manual are also available for the faculty members who adopt the book.

During the past decade we have had to confront a series of control design prob lems - involving, primarily, multibody electro-mechanical systems - in which nonlinearity plays an essential role. Fortunately, the geometric theory of non linear control system analysis progressed substantially during the 1980s and 90s, providing crucial conceptual tools that addressed many of our needs. However, as any control systems engineer can attest, issues of modeling, computation, and implementation quickly become the dominant concerns in practice. The prob lems of interest to us present unique challenges because of the need to build and manipulate complex mathematical models for both the plant and controller. As a result, along with colleagues and students, we set out to develop computer algebra tools to facilitate model building, nonlinear control system design, and code generation, the latter for both numerical simulation and real time con an outgrowth of that continuing effort. As trol implementation. This book is a result, the unique features of the book includes an integrated treatment of nonlinear control and analytical mechanics and a set of symbolic computing software tools for modeling and control system design. By simultaneously considering both mechanics and control we achieve a fuller appreciation of the underlying geometric ideas and constructions that are common to both. Control theory has had a fruitful association with analytical mechanics from its birth in the late 19th century.