Error characterization in the vicinity of singularities in multi-robot cluster space control

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1911-1917

  Mas, Ignacio ^a   Acain, Jose ^a   Petrovic, Ognjen ^a   Kitts, Christopher ^a  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster space; Error propagation; Formation control; Multi robot systems; Robot teams

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; ERRORS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; JACOBIAN MATRICES; NUMBER THEORY; ROBOT LEARNING; ROBOTICS;

CLUSTER SPACES; ERROR PROPAGATION; FORMATION CONTROL; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; ROBOT TEAMS;

MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

EID: 70349183010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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