Robust formation control of multiple wheeled mobile robots

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 547-565

  Dong, Wenjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative control; Decentralized control; Formation control; Robust control; Wheeled mobile robots

Indexed keywords

BACKSTEPPING TECHNIQUE; CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION DELAYS; FORMATION CONTROL; KINEMATIC SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE ROBOT; MULTIPLE WHEELED MOBILE ROBOTS; PASSIVITY PROPERTIES; ROBUST CONTROLLERS; SIMULATION RESULT; UNCERTAIN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; WHEELED MOBILE ROBOT;

BACKSTEPPING; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; GRAPH THEORY; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBUST CONTROL;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 80051797043     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-010-9451-6     Document Type: Article

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