Stability and control of collective systems

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-55

  Robinett III, R D ^a   Hurtado, J E ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative robots; Decentralized control; Distributed systems; Lyapunov analysis

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MOTION PLANNING; SYSTEM STABILITY;

COOPERATIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; VECTOR LYAPUNOV APPROACH;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0842326505     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JINT.0000010806.51523.0d     Document Type: Article

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