Formation optimization for a fleet of wheeled mobile robots - A geometric approach

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-120

  Bhatt, Rajankumar M ^a   Tang, Chin Pei ^a   Krovi, Venkat N ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential geometry; Formation motion planning; Formation optimization; Wheeled mobile robots

Indexed keywords

MOBILE ROBOTS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS;

CASE STUDIES; DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; DISTRIBUTED DATUMS; DISTRIBUTED IMPLEMENTATIONS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; FIXED FRAMES; FORMATION MOTION-PLANNING; FORMATION OPTIMIZATION; FORMATION OPTIMIZATIONS; GEOMETRIC APPROACHES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL LAYOUTS; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; SALIENT FEATURES; SELECTION PROCESSES; SYSTEMATIC OPTIMIZATIONS; TIGHT FORMATIONS; VIRTUAL LEADERS; VIRTUAL STRUCTURES; WHEELED MOBILE ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 56349138266     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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