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This work deals with the guidance and control of a system which is composed of a rolling cylinder, and a controlled slender rod that is pivoted through its center of mass, about the cylinder's center. At some instant the rod has to establish contact with a smooth rigid ceiling. This instant constitutes a discontinuity in the system's dynamics. The cylinder-rod system is subjected to state and control...
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