Distributed memoryless point convergence algorithm for mobile robots with limited visibility

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 818-828

  Ando, Hideki ^b   Oasa, Yoshinobu ^c   Suzuki, Ichiro ^a,d   Yamashita, Masafumi ^a,e  

^a IEEE

^b Nippon Yusoki Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c Oki Software Chugoku Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOTION PLANNING; POSITION CONTROL; VISIBILITY;

POINT CONVERGENCE ALGORITHMS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033338881     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.795787     Document Type: Article

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