Decentralized, adaptive control for coverage with networked robots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3289-3294

  Schwager, Mac ^a   Slotine, Jean Jacques ^b   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL LAW; CONVERGING ESTIMATE; OPTIMAL SENSING CONFIGURATION;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 36348944603     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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