Controllability 

A car with two trailers is controllable. The approximately linearized model fails to reveal the controllability, while the affine model does. »

The affine model.

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The linear model is not controllable.

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The affine model shows that the system is controllable.

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Simulate the affine system for a set of input signals.

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Visualize its motion.

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