This book offers a unique compendium of the authors own research on the use of theoretical stability analysis, showing how to take advantage of local stability design and ultimate boundedness for practical robot control. It addresses researchers and postgraduate students dealing with control theory, particularly with nonlinear systems. Thanks to the numerous worked examples, it could also be used as a textbook in postgraduate courses.

A General Overview of Robot Manipulators.- Position, Orientation and Velocity of Rigid Robot Manipulators.- Dynamics of Rigid Robot Manipulators.-  Mathematical Background.- Common Control Approaches for Robot Manipulators.