Nonlinear Control of Vehicles and Robots

• Main Authors: Lantos, Béla (Author), Márton, Lőrinc (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Industrial Control,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Automation.; Mechatronics.; Control.; Robotics and Automation.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

Tracking of autonomous vehicles and the high-precision positioning of robotic manipulators require advanced modeling techniques and control algorithms. Controller design should take into account any model nonlinearities. Nonlinear Control of Vehicles and Robots develops a unified approach to the dyn...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic Nonlinear Control Methods
• Dynamic Models of Ground, Aerial and Marine Robots
• Nonlinear Control of Industrial Robots
• Nonlinear Control of Cars
• Nonlinear Control of Airplanes and Helicopters
• Nonlinear Control of Surface Ships
• Formation Control of Vehicles
• Modeling Mechanical Systems with Non-smooth Nonlinearities
• Mechanical Control Systems with Non-smooth Nonlinearities
• Model-based Identification and Adaptive Compensation of Non-smooth Nonlinearities
• Conclusions and Future Research Directions
• Appendices.