Title
Flow-through policies for hybrid controller synthesis applied to fully actuated systems
Abstract
This paper addresses the coupled navigation and control problem for fully actuated dynamical systems operating in cluttered environments. The proposed method composes local feedback control policies to address the global problem in a formally correct manner. Our contribution extends the method of sequential composition to a new class of flow-through policies, which are defined for an idealized point robot that is subject to bounds on velocity and acceleration. These policies, which are defined over convex polytopes, express natural behaviors and guarantee safe trajectories while respecting system constraints. This paper presents a constructive technique for building hybrid control systems with guaranteed transitions and stability properties. Simulation results demonstrate policy-based decision making for various initial conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/TRO.2008.2008738
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Control system synthesis,Feedback control,Robots,Acceleration,Control systems,Navigation,Velocity control,Convergence,Buildings,Stability
Motion planning,Transition system,Control theory,Control theory,Control engineering,Polytope,Dynamical systems theory,Control system,Hybrid system,Mobile robot,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
25
1
1552-3098
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
23
0.89
18
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
David C. Conner117416.75
Howie Choset22826257.12
Alfred A. Rizzi31208179.03