Cluster space control of aerial robots

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1305-1310

  Agnew, Michael Seamus ^a   Dal Canto, Patrick ^a   Kitts, Christopher A ^a   Li, Steve ^a  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTS; FORMATION CONTROL; FOUR-DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM; LAND ROVERS; MOTION CHARACTERISTICS; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; SPACE CONTROL; STATE REPRESENTATION;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BALLOONS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MECHATRONICS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOT LEARNING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS;

EID: 79951601338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2010.5695814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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