Cluster space collision avoidance for mobile two-robot systems

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1941-1948

  Kitts, Christopher A ^a   Stanhouse, Kyle ^a   Chindaphorn, Piya ^a  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND ROVERS; MOTION CHARACTERISTICS; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; MULTIROBOTS; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE ALGORITHMS; RELATIVE GEOMETRY; ROBOT SYSTEM; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SPACE CONTROL; STATE REPRESENTATION;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOT LEARNING;

MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

EID: 76249099179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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