• DocumentCode
    2889863
  • Title

    Control of path constrained systems using feasible equilibrium paths; a robotics application

  • Author

    Sultan, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    3-5 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1214
  • Lastpage
    1219
  • Abstract
    A method to control the transition of path constrained nonlinear systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) between equilibrium states is presented. The main idea is to control the system such that its state space trajectory is close to an equilibrium path to which the initial and final states belong and which satisfies the constraints. Examples of a two link robotic manipulator control subject to collision avoidance constraints are included.
  • Keywords
    collision avoidance; differential equations; manipulators; nonlinear control systems; ODE; collision avoidance; feasible equilibrium paths; ordinary differential equations; path constrained nonlinear systems; robotic manipulator; state space trajectory; Collision avoidance; Control systems; Manipulator dynamics; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Nonlinear systems; Orbital robotics; Robots; State-space methods; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control Applications, 2008. CCA 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Antonio, TX
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2222-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCA.2008.4629571
  • Filename
    4629571