ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES

We present a steering algorithm for general nonholonomic systems which are not required to possess special properties such as flatness or exact nilpotentizability. The method makes use of local steering laws, with suitable contraction properties, designed on the basis of a continuous approximation of the system.

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