Vepa, Ranjan. <br/><br/>
Biomimetic robotics :  mechanisms and control / 
Ranjan Vepa. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  c2009. 
 - xvi, 343 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-337) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521895944 (hbk.) 9780521895941 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Robotics.<br/>Biomimetics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.893  / VEP