PerformanceLimitations inReference-Tracking and Path-Following forNonlinear Systems

We investigate limits of performance in reference-tracking and path-following and highlight an essential difference between them. For a class of nonlinear systems, we show that in reference-tracking, the smallest achievable L2 norm of the tracking error is equal to the least amount of control energy needed to stabilize the zero-dynamics of the error system. We then show that this fundamental performance limitation does not exist when the control objective is to force the output to follow a geometric path without a timing law assigned to it. This is true even when an additional desired speed assignment is required to be satisfied asymptotically or in finite time.

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