Multi-robot formations: Queues and artificial potential trenches

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 3345-3350

  Ge, Shuzhi Sam ^a   Fua, Cheng Heng ^a   Lim, Khiang Wee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Artificial Potential Trenches; Formations; Multi Robots; Queues

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL POTENTIAL TRENCHES; FORMATIONS; MULTI-ROBOTS; QUEUES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BROADCASTING; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOTION PLANNING; QUEUEING NETWORKS; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; SENSORS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 3042578805     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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