Attractor dynamics generates robot formations: From theory to implementation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 2582-2587

  Monteiro, Sergio ^a   Vaz, Miguel ^a   Bicho, Estela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSORS; VECTORS;

ROBOT FORMATIONS; ROBOT PLATFORMS; TRANSITION MATRIX; VECTOR FIELDS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 3042539573     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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