A synchronization approach to trajectory tracking of multiple mobile robots while maintaining time-varying formations

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1074-1086

  Sun, Dong ^a   Wang, Can ^a   Shang, Wen ^a   Feng, Gang ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Formation; Multiple mobile robots; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PROBLEMS; DESIRED POSITION; FORMATION; FORMATION CONTROL; GLOBAL LOCALIZATION; MULTIPLE MOBILE ROBOT; MULTIPLE MOBILE ROBOTS; POSITION SYNCHRONIZATION; ROBOT NETWORKS; SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL; SYNCHRONIZATION ERROR; SYNCHRONOUS CONTROLLERS; TASK MONITORING; TIME VARYING; TRAJECTORY TRACKING;

CONTROLLERS; MOBILE ROBOTS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 70350217781     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2009.2027384     Document Type: Article

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