A Set-Based Trajectory Planning Algorithm for a Network Controlled Skid-Steered Tracked Mobile Robot Subject to Skid and Slip Phenomena

This paper aims to propose a solution to the feasible-trajectory planning problem for a tracked mobile robot subject to non-negligible skidding and slipping effects and whose control system, sensors and actuators are connected through a communication network. A trajectory is defined in terms of succession of linear segments with a prescribed crossing velocity and the trajectory feasibility is guaranteed in terms of sufficient conditions by recurring to set-based arguments formulated in terms of solution of semi-definite programming minimization problems (SDP) involving linear matrix inequalities (LMI) constraints. In order to show the effectiveness of proposed solution a campaign of numerical and experimental simulations involving the mobile robot V4 Jaguar by Dr.Robot is carried out.