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Time optimal control for a nonholonomic system with state constraint

• The aim of this paper is to tackle the time optimal controllability of an $(n+1)$-dimensional nonholonomic integrator. In the optimal control problem we consider, the state variables are subject to a bound constraint. We give a full description of the optimal control and optimal trajectories are explicitly obtained. The optimal trajectories we construct, lie in a 2-dimensional plane and they are composed of arcs of circle.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 49K15, 49K30, 49J15, 49J30, 37J60, 93C15.

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