• DocumentCode
    1222844
  • Title

    Kinematic controllability and motion planning for the snakeboard

  • Author

    Bullo, Francesco ; Lewis, Andrew D.

  • Author_Institution
    Coordinated Sci. Lab., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    494
  • Lastpage
    498
  • Abstract
    The snakeboard is shown to possess two decoupling vector fields, and to be kinematically controllable. Accordingly, the problem of steering the snakeboard from a given configuration at rest to a desired configuration at rest is posed as a constrained static nonlinear inversion problem. An explicit algorithmic solution to the problem is provided, and its limitations are discussed. An ad hoc solution to the nonlinear inversion problem is also exhibited.
  • Keywords
    controllability; path planning; robot kinematics; constrained static nonlinear inversion problem; decoupling vector fields; explicit algorithmic solution; kinematic controllability; motion planning; snakeboard; Control system analysis; Controllability; Kinematics; Lagrangian functions; Mathematical model; Motion control; Motion planning; Robot control; System testing; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1042-296X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TRA.2003.810236
  • Filename
    1206809