Stability Analysis of a Feedback-linearization-based Controller with Saturation: A Tilt Vehicle with the Penguin-inspired Gait Plan

Saturations in control signal can challenge the stability proof of a feedback-linearization-based controller, even leading the system unstable [1]. Thus, several approaches are established to avoid reaching the saturation bound [2,3]. Meanwhile, to help design the controller for a quad-tilt-rotor, [1] modeled a tilt vehicle with implementing the feedback-linearization-based controllers. In this article, we provide a gait plan for this tilt vehicle and control it utilizing the feedback linearization. Since saturations exist in the control signals, we study the stability based on Lyapunov theory.

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