New control concept for a gantry tractor comprising a chorus line of synchronized modules

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 762-768

  Ibrahim, M Yousef ^a   Spark, Ian J ^a   Percy, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control; Gantry tractor; Navigation; Synchronized modules

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CONCEPT; GANTRY TRACTOR; STEERING EFFECTS; STEERING SYSTEMS; WHEEL SPEED;

NAVIGATION; SYNCHRONIZATION; TRACTORS (TRUCK); WHEELS;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

EID: 75449087547     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2028365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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