Rectified Control Barrier Functions for High-Order Safety Constraints

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Main Authors: Ong, Pio, Cohen, Max H., Molnar, Tamas G., Ames, Aaron D.
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Published: 2024
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author Ong, Pio
Cohen, Max H.
Molnar, Tamas G.
Ames, Aaron D.
author_facet Ong, Pio
Cohen, Max H.
Molnar, Tamas G.
Ames, Aaron D.
contents This paper presents a novel approach for synthesizing control barrier functions (CBFs) from high relative degree safety constraints: Rectified CBFs (ReCBFs). We begin by discussing the limitations of existing High-Order CBF approaches and how these can be overcome by incorporating an activation function into the CBF construction. We then provide a comparative analysis of our approach with related methods, such as CBF backstepping. Our results are presented first for safety constraints with relative degree two, then for mixed-input relative degree constraints, and finally for higher relative degrees. The theoretical developments are illustrated through simple running examples and an aircraft control problem.
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spellingShingle Rectified Control Barrier Functions for High-Order Safety Constraints
Ong, Pio
Cohen, Max H.
Molnar, Tamas G.
Ames, Aaron D.
Systems and Control
This paper presents a novel approach for synthesizing control barrier functions (CBFs) from high relative degree safety constraints: Rectified CBFs (ReCBFs). We begin by discussing the limitations of existing High-Order CBF approaches and how these can be overcome by incorporating an activation function into the CBF construction. We then provide a comparative analysis of our approach with related methods, such as CBF backstepping. Our results are presented first for safety constraints with relative degree two, then for mixed-input relative degree constraints, and finally for higher relative degrees. The theoretical developments are illustrated through simple running examples and an aircraft control problem.
title Rectified Control Barrier Functions for High-Order Safety Constraints
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.03708