Distributed cooperative attitude synchronization and tracking for multiple rigid bodies

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-392

  Ren, Wei ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude synchronization; Cooperative control; Distributed algorithms; Multi vehicle systems

Indexed keywords

CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; CONTROL LAWS; DIRECTED INFORMATION; DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHM; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL LAW; GROUP MEMBERS; MULTI-VEHICLE SYSTEMS; PASSIVITY APPROACH; RIGID BODY; SIMULATION RESULT; TIME VARYING; TRACKING PROBLEM; VIRTUAL LEADER;

ANGULAR VELOCITY; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 77649182258     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2009.2016428     Document Type: Article

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