Guiding vector field algorithm for a moving path following problem

Yuri A. Kapitanyuk, Hector Garcia de Marina, Anton V. Proskurnikov, Ming Cao

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Abstract

This paper presents a guidance algorithm solving the problem of moving path following, that is, steering a mobile robot to a curvilinear path attached to a moving frame. The nonholonomic robot is described by the unicycle-type model under the influence of some constant exogenous disturbance. The desired path may be an arbitrary smooth curve in its implicit form, that is, a level set of some known smooth function. The path following algorithm employs a guiding vector field, whose integral curves converge to the trajectory. Experiments with a real fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as well as numerical simulations are presented, illustrating the performance of the proposed path following control algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIFAC-PapersOnLine
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings 20th IFAC World Congress
EditorsDenis Dochain, Didier Henrion, Dimitri Peaucelle
Place of PublicationLaxenburg, Austria
PublisherElsevier
Pages6983-6988
Volume50-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2017 - Toulouse, France
Duration: 9 Jul 201714 Jul 2017
Conference number: 20
https://www.ifac2017.org

Publication series

NameIFAC-PapersOnLine
Number1
Volume50

Conference

Conference20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2017
Abbreviated titleIFAC 2017
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityToulouse
Period9/07/1714/07/17
Internet address

Keywords

  • guiding vector field
  • mobile robot
  • motion control
  • nonlinear systems
  • Path following

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