Vepa, Ranjan, <br/><br/>
Dynamics and control of autonomous space vehicles and robotics / 
Ranjan Vepa. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2019. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 352 pages) :  digital, PDF file(s). 
<br/><br/> Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 May 2019). 
<br/><br/> Presenting the established principles underpinning space robotics (conservation of momentum and energy, stability) with a thorough and modern approach, chapters build from general physical foundations through an extensive treatment of kinematics of multi-body systems, and then to conservation principles in dynamics. The latter part of the book focuses on real-life applications related to space systems. Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous solved examples, illustrative applications and MATLAB, the author includes: an explanation of basic space mechanics and the dynamics of space vehicles; a rigorous treatment of conservation and variational principles in dynamics and in control theory that can be applied to a range of space vehicles and robotic systems; and a systematic presentation of the application of dynamics and control theory to real spacecraft systems. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781108525404 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Roving vehicles (Astronautics)<br/>Autonomous robots.<br/>Space vehicles--Dynamics.<br/>Space vehicles--Control systems.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL475  / .V47 2019 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.43