Overview

Introduction. Nonholonomic Kinematics and the Role of Elliptic Functions in Constructive Controllability; R.W. Brockett, Liyi Dai. Steering Nonholonomic Control Systems using Sinusoids; R.M. Murray, S.S. Sastry. Smooth Time-Periodic Feedback Solutions for Nonholonomic Motion Planning; L. Gurvits, Zexiang Li. Lie Bracket Extensions and Averaging: the Single-Bracket Case; H.J. Sussmann, Wensheng Liu. Singularities and Topological Aspects in Nonholonomic Motion Planning: J.-P. Laumond. Motion Planning for Nonholonomic Dynamic Systems; M. Reyhanoglu, N.H. McClamroch, A.M. Bloch. A Differential Geometric Approach to Motion Planning; G. Lafferriere, H.J. Sussmann. Planning Smooth Paths for Mobile Robots; P. Jacobs, J.F. Canny. Nonholonomic Control and Gauge Theory; R. Montgomery. Optimal Nonholonomic Motion Planning for a Falling Cat; C. Fernandes, L. Burvits, Zexiang Li. Nonholonomic Behavior in Free-Floating Space Manipulators and its Utilization; E.G. Papadopoulos. Index.