Practical formation control of multiple unicycle-type mobile robots with limited sensing ranges

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-275

  Do, Khac Duc ^a   Lau, Michael W ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Formation control; Gradient climbing; Lyapunov direct method; Mobile robots; Potential functions; Transverse functions

Indexed keywords

BACKSTEPPING TECHNIQUE; COORDINATE CHANGES; FORMATION CONTROL; FORMATION CONTROL DESIGN; GRADIENT CLIMBING; LYAPUNOV DIRECT METHOD; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES; SENSING RANGES; STEP FUNCTIONS; TIGHT FORMATION; TIME DERIVATIVE;

MOBILE ROBOTS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84855494866     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-010-9531-7     Document Type: Article

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