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Geometric approach to tracking and stabilization for a spherical robot actuated by internal rotors (1511.00428v2)
Published 2 Nov 2015 in cs.SY
Abstract: This paper presents tracking control laws for two different objectives of a nonholonomic system - a spherical robot - using a geometric approach. The first control law addresses orientation tracking using a modified trace potential function. The second law addresses contact position tracking using a $right$ transport map for the angular velocity error. A special case of this is position and reduced orientation stabilization. Both control laws are coordinate free. The performance of the feedback control laws are demonstrated through simulations.