A QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH TO THE MINIMUM ENERGY PROBLEM OF A MOBILE ROBOT

Alain Segundo Potts, José Jaime da Cruz, Reinaldo Bernardi

2008

Abstract

As a consequence of physical constraints and of dynamical nonlinearities, optimal control problems involving mobile robots are generally difficult ones. Many algorithms have been developed to solve such problems, the more common being related to trajectory planning, minimum-time control or any specific performance index. Nevertheless optimal control problems associated to mobile robots have not been reported. Minimum energy problems subject to both equality and inequality constraints are generally intricate ones to be solved using classical methods. In this paper we present an algorithm to solve it using a Quadratic Programming approach. In order to illustrate the application of the algorithm, one practical problem was solved.

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Segundo Potts A., Jaime da Cruz J. and Bernardi R. (2008). A QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH TO THE MINIMUM ENERGY PROBLEM OF A MOBILE ROBOT . In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-8111-31-9, pages 245-251. DOI: 10.5220/0001499102450251


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@conference{icinco08,
author={Alain Segundo Potts and José Jaime da Cruz and Reinaldo Bernardi},
title={A QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH TO THE MINIMUM ENERGY PROBLEM OF A MOBILE ROBOT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2008},
pages={245-251},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001499102450251},
isbn={978-989-8111-31-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - A QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH TO THE MINIMUM ENERGY PROBLEM OF A MOBILE ROBOT
SN - 978-989-8111-31-9
AU - Segundo Potts A.
AU - Jaime da Cruz J.
AU - Bernardi R.
PY - 2008
SP - 245
EP - 251
DO - 10.5220/0001499102450251