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Anton Shiriaev

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On Excessive Transverse Coordinates for Orbital Stabilization of Periodic Motions

This paper explores transverse coordinates for the purpose of orbitally stabilizing periodic motions of nonlinear, control-affine dynamical systems. It is shown that the dynamics of any (minimal or excessive) set of transverse coordinates, which are defined in terms of a particular parameterization of the motion and a strictly state-dependent projection operator recovering the parameterizing variable, admits a (transverse) linearization along the target motion, with explicit expressions stated. Special focus is then placed on a generic excessive set of orthogonal coordinates, revealing a certain limitation of the "excessive" transverse linearization for the purpose of control design. To overcome this limitation, a linear comparison system is introduced, and conditions are stated for when the asymptotic stability of its origin corresponds to the asymptotic stability of the origin of linearized transverse dynamics. This allows for the construction of feedback controllers utilizing this comparison system which, when implemented on the dynamical system, renders the desired motion asymptotically stable in the orbital sense.

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Excessive Transverse Coordinates for Orbital Stabilization of (Underactuated) Mechanical Systems

Transverse linearization-based approaches have become among the most prominent methods for orbitally stabilizing feedback design in regards to (periodic) motions of underactuated mechanical systems. Yet, in an $n$-dimensional state-space, this requires knowledge of a set of $(n-1)$ independent transverse coordinates, which can be nontrivial to find and whose definitions might vary for different motions (trajectories). In this paper, we consider instead a generic set of $excessive$ transverse coordinates which are defined in terms of a particular parameterization of the motion and a projection operator recovering the "position" along the orbit. We present a constructive procedure for obtaining the corresponding transverse linearization, as well as state a sufficient condition for the existence of a feedback controller rendering the desired trajectory (locally) asymptotically orbitally stable. The presented approach is applied to stabilizing oscillations of the underactuated cart-pendulum system about its unstable upright position, in which a novel motion planning approach based on virtual constraints is utilized for trajectory generation.

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