Dynamics and Control of Autonomous Space Vehicles and Robotics

By Ranjan Vepa

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108422845
• ISBN13: 9781108422840
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.0"