Further results on tracking control of nonholonomic chained systems

Abstract

In this paper we deal with the state-feedback tracking control problem for a class of nonholonomic dynamic systems in chained form. By means of the recursive technique proposed in our recent work, we first show that the semiglobal exponential tracking can be easily obtained for systems in chained form. Then, we show that, whenever the control inputs are subject to saturation constraints, a semiglobal asymptotic tracking controller can be found on the basis of Lyapunov redesign and backstepping techniques.