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Minimum-Time Planar Paths with up to Two Constant Acceleration Inputs and $L_2$ Velocity and Acceleration Constraints

Robotics 2024-03-08 v1

Abstract

Given starting and ending positions and velocities, L2L_2 bounds on the acceleration and velocity, and the restriction to no more than two constant control inputs, this paper provides routines to compute the minimal-time path. Closed form solutions are provided for reaching a position in minimum time with and without a velocity bound, and for stopping at the goal position. A numeric solver is used to reach a goal position and velocity with no more than two constant control inputs. If a cruising phase at the terminal velocity is needed, this requires solving a non-linear equation with a single parameter. Code is provided on GitHub at https://github.com/RoboticSwarmControl/MinTimeL2pathsConstraints.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2403.04602,
  title  = {Minimum-Time Planar Paths with up to Two Constant Acceleration Inputs and $L_2$ Velocity and Acceleration Constraints},
  author = {Victor M. Baez and Haoran Zhao and Nihal Abdurahiman and Nikhil V. Navkar and Aaron T. Becker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04602},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

8 pages, 8 figures, accepted for presentation at ACC 2024, https://acc2024.a2c2.org/

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