A decentralized approach to formation maneuvers

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 933-941

  Lawton, Jonathan R T ^a   Beard, Randal W ^b   Young, Brett J ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral methods; Coordinated control; Formations; Mobile robots; Passivity

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; END EFFECTORS; GRIPPERS; KINEMATICS; MOTION PLANNING; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

BEHAVIORAL METHODS; COORDINATED CONTROL; FORMATION MANEUVERS; PASSIVITY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0442295573     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2003.819598     Document Type: Article

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