Experimental verification and algorithm of a multi-robot cooperative control method

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 109-114

  Cook, Joshua ^a   Hu, Guoqiang ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; COOPERATIVE CONTROL ALGORITHMS; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; GLOBAL BEHAVIORS; INFORMATION DYNAMICS; MOTION CONTROLLER; MULTI-ROBOT FORMATION; MULTIROBOTS; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES; ROBUST CONSENSUS; SMALL GROUPS; TIME VARYING; TRACKING ALGORITHM; WHEELED MOBILE ROBOT;

ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MECHATRONICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; TRACKING (POSITION); TRAJECTORIES;

INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS;

EID: 79951615123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2010.5695917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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