Posture measurement and coordinated control of twin hoisting-girder transporters based on hybrid network and RTK-GPS

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-150

  Yang, Liman ^a   Guo, Zhongwei ^a   Li, Yunhua ^a   Li, Chao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coordinated control; Fleet control; Hybrid network; Multiple mobile robot system (MMRS); Real time kinematic (RTK) global positioning system (GPS) location

Indexed keywords

COORDINATED CONTROL; FLEET CONTROL; HYBRID NETWORK; MULTIPLE MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEM (MMRS); REAL-TIME KINEMATIC (RTK) GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) LOCATION;

CRANES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; LOCATION; MOBILE ROBOTS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 67349099457     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2009.2013616     Document Type: Article

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