Sliding-mode formation control for underactuated surface vessels

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 617-622

  Fahimi, Farbod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicle; Disturbances; Formation control; Leader follower; Mesh stability; Parameter uncertainty; Sliding mode control; Surface vessel; Underactuated system

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE; FORMATION CONTROL; MESH STABILITY; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; UNDERACTUATED SYSTEM; UNMANNED SYRFACE VESSELS;

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMIC MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SLIDING MODE CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 34447337497     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.898961     Document Type: Article

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