Robust source seeking hybrid controllers for autonomous vehicles

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E. Conference Papers

Source:

Proc. 26th American Control Conference, Issue NULL, p.1185–1190 (2007)

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URL:

https://hybrid.soe.ucsc.edu/files/preprints/12.pdf

Keywords:

hybrid systems

Abstract:

We consider the problem of steering an autonomous vehicle to locate a radiation source utilizing measurements of the radiation intensity only. We propose a control algorithm that locates the source through a sequence of line minimizations of the radiation intensity. We implement in a hybrid controller, with sample-and-hold and logic variables, a discretized version of the algorithm suitable for steering a point-mass vehicle. The algorithm confers global convergence and practical stability properties to the closed-loop hybrid system. We discuss these properties and characterize the region of convergence for the vehicle. Convergence and stability results are supplemented with simulations.

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