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Trajectory generation for the N-trailer problem using Goursat normal form |
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In this paper, we develop the machinery of … In this paper, we develop the machinery of exterior differential forms, more particularly the Goursat normal form for a Pfaffian system, for solving nonholonomic motion planning problems, i.e., motion planning for systems with nonintegrable velocity constraints. We use this technique to solve the problem of steering a mobile robot with n trailers, We present an algorithm for finding a family of transformations which will convert the system of rolling constraints on the wheels of the robot with n trailers into the Goursat canonical form. Two of these transformations are studied in detail. The Goursat normal form for exterior differential systems is dual to the so-called chained-form for vector fields that has been studied previously. Consequently, we are able to give the state feedback law and change of coordinates to convert the N-trailer system into chained form. Three methods for planning trajectories for chained-form systems using sinusoids, piecewise constants, and polynomials as inputs are presented.
The motion planning strategy is therefore to first convert the N-trailer system into Goursat form, use this to find the chained-form coordinates, plan a path for the corresponding chained-form system, and then transform the resulting trajectory back into the original coordinates. Simulations and frames of movie animations of the N-trailer system for parallel parking and backing into a loading dock using this strategy are included. ing dock using this strategy are included. +
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Authors | D. Tilbury, R. M. Murray and S. S. Sastry + |
ID | 1993a + |
Source | <i>IEEE T. Automatic Control</i>, 40: (5) 802-819 + |
Tag | tms93-erl + |
Title | Trajectory generation for the N-trailer problem using Goursat normal form + |
Type | ERL memo + |
Categories | Papers |
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15 May 2016 06:20:58 + |
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http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/preprints/tms93-erl.pdf + |
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