Introduction -- Generalities and State-of-the-Art on the Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems.- Underactuated Mechanical Systems from the Langrangian formalism -- Classification of Underactuated Mechanical Systems -- Control Design Schemes for Underactuated Mechanical Systems.- Appendices: Theoretical Background on Nonlinear System Stability and Control -- Limits of Linearization and Dangers of Destabilization -- Differential Geometry -- Controllability of Continuous Systems.
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