# Teach and Repeat Navigation: A Robust Control Approach

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15405 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.15405/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 27 Sep 2023.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Event-Based Visual Teach-and-Repeat via Fast Fourier-Domain Cross-Correlation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.17287/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Robot navigation requires an autonomy pipeline that is robust to environmental changes and effective in varying conditions. Teach and Repeat (T&R) navigation has shown high performance in autonomous repeated tasks under challenging circumstances, but research within T&R has predominantly focused on motion planning as opposed to motion control. In this paper, we propose a novel T&R system based on a robust motion control technique for a skid-steering mobile robot using sliding-mode control that effectively handles uncertainties that are particularly pronounced in the T&R task, where sensor noises, parametric uncertainties, and wheel-terrain interaction are common challenges. We first theoretically demonstrate that the proposed T&R system is globally stable and robust while considering the uncertainties of the closed-loop system. When deployed on a Clearpath Jackal robot, we then show the global stability of the proposed system in both indoor and outdoor environments covering different terrains, outperforming previous state-of-the-art methods in terms of mean average trajectory error and stability in these challenging environments. This paper makes an important step towards long-term autonomous T&R navigation with ensured safety guarantees.