On the Geometry of Virtual Nonlinear Nonholonomic Constraints

Virtual constraints are relations imposed on a control system that become invariant via feedback control, as opposed to physical constraints acting on the system. Nonholonomic systems are mechanical systems with nonintegrable constraints on the velocities. In this work, we introduce the notion of vi...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Stratoglou, Efstratios, Anahory Simoes, Alexandre, Bloch, Anthony, Colombo, Leonardo J.
Format: article
Status:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/420902
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/420902
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Feedback control
geometric control
nonholonomic systems
virtual constraints
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Summary:Virtual constraints are relations imposed on a control system that become invariant via feedback control, as opposed to physical constraints acting on the system. Nonholonomic systems are mechanical systems with nonintegrable constraints on the velocities. In this work, we introduce the notion of virtual nonlinear nonholonomic constraints in a geometric framework which is a controlled invariant submanifold and we show the existence and uniqueness of a control law preserving this submanifold.