Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can execute aggressive (ie, high-speed
and high-acceleration) maneuvers have attracted significant attention in the past few years …

We introduce flat systems, which are equivalent to linear ones via a special type of feedback
called endogenous. Their physical properties are subsumed by a linearizing output and they …

Field theory is a more or less coherent approach in the social sciences whose essence is
the explanation of regularities in individual action by recourse to position vis-à-vis others …

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A new system equivalence relation, using the framework of differential geometry of jets and
prolongations of infinite order, is studied. In this setting, two systems are said to be …

We are concerned in this article with the control of wheeled mobile robots, which constitute a
class of nonholonomic mech anical systems. More precisely, we are interested in solving the …

This paper describes the application of di erential atness techniques from nonlinear control
theory to mechanical (Lagrangian) systems. Systems which are di erentially at have several …

In this paper we propose a scheme for output tracking of nonminimum phase flat systems.
The technique, which is applicable even in the minimum phase case, uses an inverse …

This paper considers the problem of real‐time trajectory generation and tracking for
nonlinear control systems. We employ a two‐degree‐of‐freedom approach that separates …

The operation of an autonomous vehicle in an unknown, dynamic environment is a very
complex problem, especially when the vehicle is required to use its full maneuvering …