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We consider a finite-dimensional control system $\left(\Sigma \right)\dot{x}\left(t\right)=f(x\left(t\right),u\left(t\right))$, such that there exists a feedback stabilizer $k$ that renders $\dot{x}=f(x,k\left(x\right))$ globally asymptotically stable. Moreover, for $(H,p,q)$ with $H$ an output map and $1\le p\le q\le \infty$, we assume that there exists a ${𝒦}_{\infty }$-function $\alpha$ such that $\parallel H\left(x_u\right){\parallel }_q\le {\alpha (\parallel u\parallel }_p)$, where $x_u$ is the maximal solution of ${\left(\Sigma \right)}_k\dot{x}\left(t\right)=f(x\left(t\right),k\left(x\left(t\right)\right)+u\left(t\right))$, corresponding to $u$ and to the initial condition $x\left(0\right)=0$. Then, the gain function $G_{(H,p,q)}$ of $(H,p,q)$ given by $$G_{(H,p,q)}\left(X\right)\stackrel{\mathrm{def}}{=}\underset{{\parallel u\parallel }_p=X}{sup}{\parallel H\left(x_u\right)\parallel }_q,$$ is well-defined. We call profile of $k$ for $(H,p,q)$ any ${𝒦}_{\infty }$-function which is of the same order of magnitude as...

We apply the well-known homotopy continuation method to address the motion planning problem (MPP) for smooth driftless control-affine systems. The homotopy continuation method is a Newton-type procedure to effectively determine functions only defined implicitly. That approach requires first to characterize the singularities of a surjective map and next to prove global existence for the solution of an ordinary differential equation, the Wazewski equation. In the context of the MPP, the aforementioned...

We consider a finite-dimensional control system $\left(\Sigma \right)\dot{x}\left(t\right)=f(x\left(t\right),u\left(t\right))$, such that there exists a feedback stabilizer that renders $\dot{x}=f(x,k\left(x\right))$ globally asymptotically stable. Moreover, for with an output map and $1\le p\le q\le \infty$, we assume that there exists a ${𝒦}_{\infty }$-function such that $\parallel H\left(x_u\right){\parallel }_q\le {\alpha (\parallel u\parallel }_p)$, where is the maximal solution of ${\left(\Sigma \right)}_k\dot{x}\left(t\right)=f(x\left(t\right),k\left(x\left(t\right)\right)+u\left(t\right))$, corresponding to and to the initial condition . Then, the gain function $G_{(H,p,q)}$ of given by 14.5cm $$G_{(H,p,q)}\left(X\right)\stackrel{\mathrm{def}}{=}\underset{{\parallel u\parallel }_p=X}{sup}{\parallel H\left(x_u\right)\parallel }_q,$$ is well-defined. We call profile of for any ${𝒦}_{\infty }$-function which is of the same order of magnitude as $G_{(H,p,q)}$....

We apply the well-known homotopy continuation method to address the motion planning problem (MPP) for smooth driftless control-affine systems. The homotopy continuation method is a Newton-type procedure to effectively determine functions only defined implicitly. That approach requires first to characterize the singularities of a surjective map and next to prove global existence for the solution of an ordinary differential equation, the Wazewski equation. In the context of the MPP, the aforementioned...