Vector fields for robot navigation along time-varying curves in n-dimensions

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-659

  Goncalves, Vincius M ^a   Pimenta, Luciano C A ^a   Maia, Carlos A ^a   Dutra, Bruno C O ^a   Pereira, Guilherme A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Limit cycles; mobile robots; motion control; time varying systems

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTS; FORWARD VELOCITY; LIMIT CYCLE; LIMIT CYCLES; MATHEMATICAL PROOF; MULTIROBOTS; N-DIMENSIONAL SPACE; NAVIGATION PROBLEM; PATTERN GENERATION; ROBOT NAVIGATION; SINGLE POINT; SPECIAL APPLICATIONS; TIME VARYING; VECTOR FIELDS;

FIXED WINGS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; NAVIGATION; TARGET TRACKING; TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

VECTOR SPACES;

EID: 77955589266     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2010.2053077     Document Type: Article

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