TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vepa,Ranjan
TI  - Biomimetic robotics: mechanisms and control 
SN  - 9780521895941 (hardback)
AV  - TJ211 .V47 2009
U1  - 629.893 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Robotics
KW  - Biomimetics
N1  - engineering bookfair2015; Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-337) and index; 1. The Robot --
2. Biomimetic Mechanisms --
3. Homogeneous Transformations and Screw Motions --
4. Direct Kinematics of Serial Robot Manipulators --
5. Manipulators with Multiple Postures and Compositions --
6. Grasping: Mechanics and Constraints --
7. Jacobians --
8. Newtonian, Eulerian, and Lagrangian Dynamics --
9. Path Planning, Obstacle Avoidance, and Navigation --
10. Hamiltonian Systems and Feedback Linearization --
11. Robot Control --
12. Biomimetic Motive Propulsion --
Answers to Selected Exercises --
Appendix --
Attitude and Quaternions
N2  - This book is written for an initial course in robotics. It is ideal for study of unmanned aerial or underwater vehicles, a topic on which few books exist. It presents the fundamentals of robotics, from an aerospace perspective, by considering only the field of robot mechanisms
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008024401.html
ER  -