Formation control for multiple mobile robots: A non-linear attractor dynamics approach

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 2016-2022

  Bicho, Estela ^a   Monteiro, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION CONTROL; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

COOPERATIVE ROBOTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0348040386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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