Dynamics of Mechanical Systems

Frank C. Park is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University. He is author (with Kevin Lynch) of the book 'Modern Robotics' (2017) and developer of the EdX course 'Robot Mechanics and Control Parts I-II.' He is a fellow of the IEEE, former editor-in-chief of the 'IEEE Transactions on Robotics,' and past president of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Kyu Min Park is Assistant Professor with the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Sejong University, Seoul, where he teaches courses related to robotics, dynamics, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and programming. He co-authored the book 'Collision Detection for Robot Manipulators: Methods and Algorithms' (2023).

• 1. Introduction; 2. Kinematics; 3. Particle dynamics; 4. Dynamics of a rigid body; 5. Multibody dynamics: a twist–wrench formulation; 6. Lagrangian dynamics; 7. Linearized dynamics; Appendix. Linear algebra and matrix theory basics; Index.

'Park and Park have produced a compact and wonderfully accessible introductory treatment of the dynamics of mechanical systems, with a focus on providing tools useful for formulating the equations of motion of a broad range of mechanical systems, from simple toy systems to complex articulated multi-body systems.' Kevin Lynch, Northwestern University