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The area of analysis and control of mechanical systems using differential geometry is flourishing.

This book collects many results over the last decade and provides a comprehensive introduction to the area.

Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems: Modeling, Analysis, and Design for Simple Mechanical Control Systems

Part I: Modeling of mechanical systems; Introductory examples and problems; Linear and multilinear algebra; Differential geometry; Simple mechanical control systems; Lie groups, systems on groups, and symmetries.- Part II: Analysis of mechanical control systems; Stability; Controllability; Low-order controllability and kinematic reduction ; Perturbation analysis.- Part III: A sampling of design methodologies; Linear and nonlinear potential shaping for stabilization; Stabilization and tracking for fully actuated systems; Stabilization and tracking using oscillatory controls; Motion planning for underactuated systems; Appendices; Time-dependent vector fields; Some proofs.