Soil searching by an artificial root
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Publication:6340575
DOI10.1137/20M1338678arXiv2005.06069MaRDI QIDQ6340575FDOQ6340575
Authors: Fabio Ancona, Alberto Bressan, Maria Teresa Chiri 
Publication date: 12 May 2020
Abstract: We model an artificial root which grows in the soil for underground prospecting. Its evolution is described by a controlled system of two integro-partial differential equations: one for the growth of the body and the other for the elongation of the tip. At any given time, the angular velocity of the root is obtained by solving a minimization problem with state constraints. We prove the existence of solutions to the evolution problem, up to the first time where a "breakdown configuration" is reached. Some numerical simulations are performed, to test the effectiveness of our feedback control algorithm.
Kinematics of mechanisms and robots (70B15) PDEs in connection with biology, chemistry and other natural sciences (35Q92) Integro-partial differential equations (35R09) Plant biology (92C80) PDEs in connection with mechanics of particles and systems of particles (35Q70) PDE constrained optimization (numerical aspects) (49M41)
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