Optimal control of the thrusted skate

Automatica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-176

  Lynch, Kevin M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal trajectory planning; Workless steering actuators

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; KINEMATICS; MOTION PLANNING;

WORKLESS STEERING ACTUATORS;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037211165     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-1098(02)00165-6     Document Type: Article

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