Stability of autonomous vehicle path tracking with pure delays in the control loop

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 23-50

  Heredia, Guillermo ^a   Ollero, Anibal ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; MOBILE ROBOTS; PATH TRACKING; STABILITY; TIME DELAY

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CONTROL LOOP; PATH TRACKING; TRANSCENDENTAL CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 33847029219     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855307779293715     Document Type: Article

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