Feasible command strategies for the control of motion of a simple mobile robot

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 671-692

  Yavin, Y ^a   Frangos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Controlled pivoted slender rod; Feasible command strategies; Nonholonomic constraints; Path controllability; Rolling disk

Indexed keywords

MOBILE ROBOTS;

CONDITION; CONTROLED PIVOTED SLENDE ROD; FEASIBLE COMMAND STRATEGY; GUIDANCE AND CONTROL; NON HOLONOMIC CONSTRAINT; PATH CONTROLLABILITY; ROLLING DISK; SIMPLE++; SLENDER RODS; SYSTEM MOTION;

CONTROLLABILITY;

EID: 0030493186     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02189801     Document Type: Article

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