Stable morphing of unicycle formations in translational motion

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 4231-4236

  Lechevin, N ^a   Rabbath, C A ^a   Sicard, P ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; TOPOLOGY;

EXOGENOUS DISTURBANCES; TRANSLATIONAL MOTION; VEHICLE INTERCONNECTIONS;

MOTION COMPENSATION;

EID: 33748540142     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2006.1657383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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