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Exponential ε-tracking and ε-stabilization of second-order nonholonomic SE(2) vehicles using dynamic state feedback
In this paper, we address the problem of ε-tracking and ε-stabilization for a class of SE(2) vehicles with second-order nonholonomic constraints. We introduce a class of transformations called near-identity diffeomorphism that allow dynamic partial feedback linearization of the translational dynamics of this class of SE(2) vehicles. This allows us to achieve global exponential ε-stabilization and ε-tracking (in position) for the aforementioned classes of autonomous vehicles using a coordinate-independent dynamic state feedback. This feedback is only discontinuous w.r.t. the augmented state. We apply our results to ε-stabilization and ε-tracking for an underactuated surface vessel
A layered fuzzy logic controller for nonholonomic car-like robot
A system for real time navigation of a nonholonomic car-like robot in a dynamic environment consists of two layers is described: a Sugeno-type fuzzy motion planner; and a modified proportional navigation based fuzzy controller. The system philosophy is inspired by human routing when moving between obstacles based on visual information including right and left views to identify the next step to the goal. A Sugeno-type fuzzy motion planner of four inputs one output is introduced to give a clear direction to the robot controller. The second stage is a modified proportional navigation based fuzzy controller based on the proportional navigation guidance law and able to optimize the robot's behavior in real time, i.e. to avoid stationary and moving obstacles in its local environment obeying kinematics constraints. The system has an intelligent combination of two behaviors to cope with obstacle avoidance as well as approaching a target using a proportional navigation path. The system was simulated and tested on different environments with various obstacle distributions. The simulation reveals that the system gives good results for various simple environments
Stabilization of non-admissible curves for a class of nonholonomic systems
The problem of tracking an arbitrary curve in the state space is considered
for underactuated driftless control-affine systems. This problem is formulated
as the stabilization of a time-varying family of sets associated with a
neighborhood of the reference curve. An explicit control design scheme is
proposed for the class of controllable systems whose degree of nonholonomy is
equal to 1. It is shown that the trajectories of the closed-loop system
converge exponentially to any given neighborhood of the reference curve
provided that the solutions are defined in the sense of sampling. This
convergence property is also illustrated numerically by several examples of
nonholonomic systems of degrees 1 and 2.Comment: This is the author's version of the manuscript accepted for
publication in the Proceedings of the 2019 European Control Conference
(ECC'19
Mobile Formation Coordination and Tracking Control for Multiple Non-holonomic Vehicles
This paper addresses forward motion control for trajectory tracking and
mobile formation coordination for a group of non-holonomic vehicles on SE(2).
Firstly, by constructing an intermediate attitude variable which involves
vehicles' position information and desired attitude, the translational and
rotational control inputs are designed in two stages to solve the trajectory
tracking problem. Secondly, the coordination relationships of relative
positions and headings are explored thoroughly for a group of non-holonomic
vehicles to maintain a mobile formation with rigid body motion constraints. We
prove that, except for the cases of parallel formation and translational
straight line formation, a mobile formation with strict rigid-body motion can
be achieved if and only if the ratios of linear speed to angular speed for each
individual vehicle are constants. Motion properties for mobile formation with
weak rigid-body motion are also demonstrated. Thereafter, based on the proposed
trajectory tracking approach, a distributed mobile formation control law is
designed under a directed tree graph. The performance of the proposed
controllers is validated by both numerical simulations and experiments
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