English

Virtual Affine Nonholonomic Constraints

Optimization and Control 2023-01-11 v1 Systems and Control Systems and Control Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Virtual constraints are relations imposed in a control system that become invariant via feedback, instead of real physical constraints acting on the system. Nonholonomic systems are mechanical systems with non-integrable constraints on the velocities. In this work, we introduce the notion of virtual affine nonholonomic constraints in a geometric framework. More precisely, it is a controlled invariant affine distribution associated with an affine connection mechanical control system. We show the existence and uniqueness of a control law defining a virtual affine nonholonomic constraint.

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@article{arxiv.2301.03890,
  title  = {Virtual Affine Nonholonomic Constraints},
  author = {Efstratios Stratoglou and Alexandre Anahory Simoes and Anthony Bloch and Leonardo Colombo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.03890},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2207.01299

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