Product Description: A Practical Approach to Dynamical Systems for Engineers takes the abstract mathematical concepts behind dynamical systems and applies them to real-world systems, such as a car traveling down the road, the ripples caused by throwing a pebble into a pond, and a clock pendulum swinging back and forth...read more

Product Description: This book enables hobbyists to build their own robotic car, about 1/10th the size of a standard vehicle, for under $1000 -- and learn the mechanical and electrical theory and design secrets behind it. * Step-by-step instructions for building the vehicle, from theory and design to hardware and software implementation * Discussions on mathematical modeling, control design theory, sensors, servos, motors, controllers, and environmental sensing * Printed circuit board files for the car can be downloaded for free from accompanying websit...read more