Mobile robots : navigation, control and remote sensing /

"An important feature of this book is the particular combination of topics included. These are (1) control, (2) navigation and (3) remote sensing, all with application to mobile robots. Much of the material is readily extended to any type ground vehicle. In the controls area, robot steering is...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Gerald, 1937-
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, [2011]
Subjects:
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Description
Summary:"An important feature of this book is the particular combination of topics included. These are (1) control, (2) navigation and (3) remote sensing, all with application to mobile robots. Much of the material is readily extended to any type ground vehicle. In the controls area, robot steering is the issue. Both linear and nonlinear models are treated. Various control schemes are utilized, and through these applications the reader is introduced to methods such as: (1) Linearization and use of linear control design methods for control about a reference trajectory, (2) Use of Lyapunov stability theory for nonlinear control design, (3) Derivation of optimal control strategies via Pontryagin's maximum principle, (4) Derivation of a local coordinate system which is fundamental for the steering of vehicles along a path never before traversed. This local coordinate system has application regardless of the control design methods utilized. In the navigation area, various coordinate systems are introduced, and the transformations among them are derived. (1) The Global Positioning System (GPS) is introduced and described in significant detail. (2) Also introduced and discussed are inertial navigation systems (INS). These two methods are treated in terms of their ability to provide vehicle position as well as attitude. A preceding chapter is devoted to coordinate rotations and transformations since they play an important role in the understanding of this body of theory"--
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 8, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 307 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118026403
1118026403
9781118027196
1118027191
9781118029046
1118029046
9781283294577
1283294575