This book describes control challenges in walking robots, focusing on hydraulically driven hexapod robots weighing more than 2,000 kg. Covers design, implementation, modeling, navigation and control, fully autonomous walking and the future of walking robots.

This book covers a new paradigm of system modeling – the robust control-oriented linear fractional transformation (LFT) modeling. A dynamic system expressed in LFT modeling framework paves the way for the application of modern robust controller design technique like μ-synthesis method for controller design. This book covers the generalized robust control-oriented LFT modeling representation of the MIMO system depending upon the uncertainty structure, system dynamics, and the dimensions of the input–output. The modeling framework results into a compact and manageable representation of...