Oscillations, SE(2)-snakes and motion control: A study of the roller racer

Dynamical Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-397

  Krishnaprasad, P S ^a   Tsakiris, Dimitris P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROLLABILITY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GEOMETRY; MOTION CONTROL; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATIONS;

NONHOLONOMIC CONSTRAINTS; SINGLE SHAPE FREEDOM;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035783892     PISSN: 14689367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14689360110090424     Document Type: Article

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