DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STUDIES OF STABILITY OF NONHOLONOMIC SYSTEMS

This paper reviews developments in the study of stability of nonholonomic systems, including the stability of the equilibrium state with respect to all variables, the equilibrium manifold and the stationary motions, partial stability and the stabilization of nonholonomic control systems. Moreover, several important applications of the stability of nonholonomic systems are discussed , and some proposals for the study in the future are made.