2nd Edition
Nonlinear Control of Robots and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles An Integrated Approach
1. Lagrangian methods and robot dynamics. 2. Unmanned aerial vehicle dynamics and Lagrangian methods. 3. Feedback linearization. 4. Linear and phase plane analysis of stability. 5. Robot and UAV control. 6. Stability. 7. Lyapunov stability. 8. Computed torque control. 9. Sliding mode control. 10. Parameter identification. 11. Adaptive and model predictive control. 12. Lyapunov design: The backstepping approach. 13. Hybrid position and force control. 14. Autonomous Control of UAVs and Robots.
Biography
Ranjan Vepa is currently a Reader in Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK. He obtained his Ph. D. in Applied Mechanics in 1975 from Stanford University, USA. His research interests include design of control systems and associated signal processing with applications in aerospace systems, smart structures, space-robotics, energy, and biomedical systems. Dr. Vepa teaches Master's level courses on Advanced Spacecraft Design, Aircraft Flight Control and Simulation, Aeroelasticity and Robotics. He is also a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London and a Fellow of the UK's Higher Education Academy. Dr. Vepa is the author of eight books including Electric Aircraft Dynamics: A Systems Engineering Approach (CRC Press, 2020) and Flight Dynamics, Simulation, and Control: For Rigid and Flexible Aircraft (Second Edition, CRC Press, 2023).
