Control Design and Analysis for Underactuated Robotic Systems

The last two decades have witnessed considerable progress in the study of underactuated robotic systems (URSs). Control Design and Analysis for Underactuated Robotic Systems presents a unified treatment of control design and analysis for a class of URSs, which include systems with multiple-degree-of...

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Main Author: Xin, Xin (Writer on automatic control)
Other Authors: Liu, Yannian (Writer on automatic control), SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: London : Springer, 2014.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 319 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Fundamental Background
  • Directly Driven Acrobat
  • Remotely Driven Acrobat
  • Pendubot
  • Rotational Pendulum
  • Counter-Weighted Acrobot
  • Variable Length Pendulum
  • 2-Link Underactuated Robot with Flexible Elbow Joint
  • 3-Link Planar Robot with Passive First Joint
  • n-Link Planar Robot with Passive First Joint
  • n-Link Planar Robot with Single Passive Joint
  • Two Parallel Pendulums on a Cart
  • Double Pendulum on a Cart
  • 3-Link Planar Robot with Two Passive Joints
  • 2-Link Flying Robot.