IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.42, No.7, 1028-1032, 1997
A Lyapunov Approach to Exponential Stabilization of Nonholonomic Systems in Power Form
In this paper a continuous feedback control law with time-periodic terms is derived for the control of nonholonomic systems in power form. The control law is derived by Lyapunov design from a homogeneous Lyapunov function. Global asymptotic stability is shown by applying the principle of invariance for time-periodic systems. Exponential convergence follows since the vector fields are homogeneous of degree zero.