Robotics: Science and Systems II

Integrated Planning and Control for Convex-bodied Nonholonomic systems using Local Feedback Control Policies

D. Conner, H. Choset, A. Rizzi

Abstract: We develop a method for defining a hybrid control policy to simultaneously address the global navigation and control problem for a convex-bodied wheeled mobile robot navigating amongst obstacles. The method uses parameterized continuous local feedback control policies that ensure safe operation over local regions of the free configuration space; each local policy is designed to respect nonholonomic constraints, bounds on velocities (inputs), and obstacles in the environment. The hybrid control policy makes use of a collection of these local control policies in concert with discrete planning tools. This approach allows the system to plan, and replan in the face of changing conditions, while preserving the safety and convergence guarantees of the underlying control policies. This work is validated in simulation and experimentally on a convex-bodied wheeled mobile robot. The approach is one of the first that combines formal planning with continuous feedback control guarantees for systems subject to nonholonomic constraints, input bounds, and non-trivial body shape.

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Bibtex:

@INPROCEEDINGS{ Conner-RSS-06,
    AUTHOR    = {D. Conner and H. Choset and A. Rizzi},
    TITLE     = {Integrated Planning and Control for Convex-bodied Nonholonomic systems using Local Feedback Control Policies},
    BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems},
    YEAR      = {2006},
    ADDRESS   = {Philadelphia, USA},
    MONTH     = {August},
    DOI       = {10.15607/RSS.2006.II.008} 
}