Behavior-based formation control for multirobot teams

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 926-939

  Balch, Tucker ^a,b   Arkin, Ronald C ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous robots; Behavior based control; Robot formation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HAZARDS; NAVIGATION;

BEHAVIOR-BASED CONTROL; MULTIROBOT TEAMS;

MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032308533     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.736776     Document Type: Article

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