Environmental tracking and formation control of a platoon of autonomous vehicles subject to limited communication

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 595-600

  Porfiri, Maurizio ^a   Roberson, D Gray ^a   Stilwell, Daniel J ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADER TRAJECTORY; PLATOON CONTROL; PLATOON FORMATION CONTROL;

INFORMATION USE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TRACKING (POSITION); VIRTUAL REALITY;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 33845646451     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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