Consensus based formation control and trajectory tracing of multi-agent robot systems

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-410

  Wu, Zhengping ^a   Guan, Zhihong ^a   Wu, Xianyong ^a   Li, Tao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Consensus; Group formation control and trajectory tracing; Model; Multi Agent Robot Systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; THEOREM PROVING; TRACKING (POSITION);

CONSENSUS THEORY; GROUP FORMATION CONTROL AND TRAJECTORY TRACING; MOTION TRAJECTORY TRACING; MULTI-AGENT ROBOT SYSTEMS (MARS);

ROBOTS;

EID: 33847309648     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-006-9108-7     Document Type: Article

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