A communication-based multirobot rigid formation control system: Design and analysis

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-22

  Cheng, Lei ^a   Wang, Yongji ^a   Zhu, Quanmin ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication based control systems; Fault tolerance; Multiagents; Multirobot formation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANCE; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

COMMUNICATION-BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION-BASED SYSTEMS; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT CONSTRAINTS; FAULT TOLERANCE MECHANISMS; MULTI AGENT; MULTI-ROBOT FORMATION; RIGID FORMATION CONTROL;

COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84863116341     PISSN: 17466172     EISSN: 17466180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2006.008643     Document Type: Article

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