Motion of controllable mechanical systems with servo-constraints (Q1180884)

The author studies some features of mechanical systems with servo- constraints. A method is proposed to justify the axiom of ideal constraints for kinematically controllable systems and the principle of reduction of conditional constraints to real ones. Equation which enable one to stabilize motions relative to the manifold determined by the servo-constraints are derived and analyzed. Some questions concerning various approaches to description of the systems with servo-constraints are also discussed.