Rigid formation control of nonholonomic multi-agents

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 9 PART B, Issue , 2008, Pages 1415-1420

  Maithripala, D H A ^a   Sangbum, Woo ^a   Jayasuriya, S ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR COMPENSATION; MOTION PLANNING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

FORMATION TRAJECTORIES; RIGID FORMATION CONTROL; FORMATION CONTROL PROBLEMS; LOWER BOUNDS; MULTI AGENT; NONHOLONOMICS; RIGID FORMATIONS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 44349164430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2007-43074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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