• DocumentCode
    2987284
  • Title

    On trajectory optimization for polynomial systems via series expansions

  • Author

    Bullo, Francesco ; Cerven, W. Todd

  • Author_Institution
    Coordinated Sci. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    772
  • Abstract
    We present algorithms for the design of feasible and optimal trajectories of nonlinear control systems. We focus on stable polynomial control systems linear in the controls. We prove existence of local solutions near the minimum energy control for the linearized system and we investigate provably convergent iterative schemes. Finally, we formulate the trajectory optimization problem as a low dimensional nonlinear program
  • Keywords
    control nonlinearities; nonlinear control systems; nonlinear programming; optimal control; optimisation; series (mathematics); stability; local solutions; low dimensional nonlinear program; minimum energy control; provably convergent iterative schemes; series expansions; stable polynomial control systems; trajectory optimization; Algorithm design and analysis; Control systems; Iterative algorithms; Medical robotics; Mobile robots; Nonlinear control systems; Open loop systems; Polynomials; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot kinematics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Decision and Control, 2000. Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • ISSN
    0191-2216
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6638-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CDC.2000.912862
  • Filename
    912862