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Motion planning and fastly oscillating controls. (English) Zbl 1206.53035

Given a control system \(\Delta\) and a parametrized curve \(\Gamma\) in the phase space, the authors study the problem of approximating \(\Gamma\) optimally (or suboptimally) by a trajectory of the system. The control system is
\[ x'(t) = \sum_{j=1}^p F_j(x(t)) u_j(t) \]
with phase space an open set in \(n\)-dimensional space and \(\Gamma\) satisfies (generic) conditions of transversality type with respect to \(\Delta\). The approximation is done in the framework of sub-Riemannian geometry, and the suboptimal approximation is achieved using fastly oscillating sinusoidal controls.

MSC:

53C17 Sub-Riemannian geometry
49J15 Existence theories for optimal control problems involving ordinary differential equations
34H05 Control problems involving ordinary differential equations