Formation tracking control of unicycle-type mobile robots with limited sensing ranges

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 527-538

  Do, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bump function; Formation tracking; Mobile robot; Potential function

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; TRACKING (POSITION);

BUMP FUNCTION; FORMATION TRACKING; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; TRACKING CONTROL SYSTEM;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 43449123836     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2007.908214     Document Type: Article

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