From the reviews of the third edition: "This book focuses on underwater manipulation, a new research topic that shares many problems with mobile manipulation ... . The book covers decades of research results and reports them in a logically organized manner, making it ready for use and experimentation. It would be a valuable graduate-level textbook to cover the control of AUVs, a topic usually absent in teaching books on robotics. However, its target is a more advanced reader ... ." (G. Gini, Computing Reviews, April, 2014)