Control of manipulators in a constrained workspace by means of linked invariant sets

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 14, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 1185-1205

  Blanchini, Franco ^a   Pellegrino, Felice Andrea ^a   Visentini, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constrained control; Controlled invariant sets; Obstacle avoidance; Tracking

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INVARIANCE; MOTION PLANNING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CONSTRAINED CONTROL; CONTROLLED-INVARIANT SETS; TRACKING;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 4344601253     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.939     Document Type: Article

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