This note discusses Routh reduction for hybrid time-dependent mechanical systems. We give general conditions on whether it is possible to reduce by symmetries a hybrid time-dependent Lagrangian system extending and unifying previous results for continuous-time systems. We illustrate the applicability of the method using the example of a billiard with moving walls.
Symmetries are ubiquitous in a wide range of nonlinear systems. Particularly in systems whose dynamics is determined by a Lagrangian or Hamiltonian function. For hybrid systems which possess a continuous-time dynamics determined by a Lagrangian function, with a cyclic variable, the degrees of freedom for the corresponding hybrid Lagrangian system can be reduced by means of a method known as hybrid Routhian reduction. In this paper we study sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic orbits in hybrid Routhian systems which also exhibit a time-reversal symmetry. Likewise, we explore some stability aspects of such orbits through the characterization of the eigenvalues for the corresponding linearized Poincaré map. Finally, we apply the results to find periodic solutions in underactuated hybrid Routhian control systems.
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