A lightweight formation control methodology for a swarm of non-holonomic vehicles

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Elkaim, Gabriel H ^a   Kelbley, Robert J ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFRAMES; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

FORMATION CONTROL METHODOLOGY; MULTI-VEHICLE SWARMS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34047168857     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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