Path-tracking for articulated vehicles with off-axle hitching

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-523

  Bolzern, Paolo ^a   DeSantis, Romano M ^b   Locatelli, Arturo ^a   Masciocchi, Dario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articulated vehicles; Linearization; Mobile robots; Motion control; Nonlinear control; Path tracking

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; POSITION CONTROL; TRACKING (POSITION);

ARTICULATED VEHICLES; OFF AXLE HITCHING; PATH TRACKING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032124043     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/87.701346     Document Type: Article

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