Localization and follow-the-leader control of a heterogeneous group of mobile robots

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-215

  Huang, Jiangyang ^a   Farritor, Shane M ^a   Qadi, Ala ^b   Goddard, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bezier trajectory; Follow the leader control; Heterogeneous robot groups

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRACKING (POSITION);

BEZIER TRAJECTORY; FOLLOW-THE-LEADER CONTROL; HETEROGENEOUS ROBOT GROUPS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33645828650     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2006.871100     Document Type: Article

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