Using Circulation to Mitigate Spurious Equilibria in Control Barrier Function -- Extended Version
Control Barrier Functions and Quadratic Programming are increasingly used for designing controllers that consider critical safety constraints. However, like Artificial Potential Fields, they can suffer from the stable spurious equilibrium point problem, which can result in the controller failing to reach the goal. To address this issue, we propose introducing circulation inequalities as a constraint. These inequalities force the system to explicitly circulate the obstacle region in configuration space, thus avoiding undesirable equilibria. We conduct a theoretical analysis of the proposed framework and demonstrate its efficacy through simulation studies. By mitigating spurious equilibria, our approach enhances the reliability of CBF-based controllers, making them more suitable for real-world applications.
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