[2] Barraquand et al. suggest the use of a connection machine with 65,536 processors to search nonholonomically-constrained configuration-space in less than a second [Barraquand et al 1989].
[3] Simulation experiments show that this assumption is not realistic.
[4] A synchro is a rotating transducer used to convert shaft-angle position into an electrical signal or the reverse. This is generally a three-phase device. Accuracy refers to the electrical angle as indicated by the output voltage minus the rotor-position angle.
[5] The following data relates directly to the TI and Polaroid sonar systems.
[6] This report is included with data sheets from Poloroid and is not dated.
7 Here 'strictly' is used to mean that the constraint applies to all points on the curve.
[8] Ice and snow cause relaxation of the no-slip condition.
[9] The length of the car, when computing curvature, is
measured from wheel-base to wheel-base.
The car's bumper-to-bumper length
is 4.3 meters, and this is used to compute the maneuvering room.
[10] If we knew that systematic error was the only kind of
error we would encounter then we could adjust
the plant model. This would be
an example of Model Reference Adaptive Control [Ciccarella 1989].
[11] From simulation tables.
[12] A trade-mark of High performance Systems, Lyme, NH.