Leader-follower formation control using artificial potential functions: A kinematic approach

IEEE-International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Science and Management, ICAESM-2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 500-505

  Kowdiki, Kishorekumar H ^a   Barai, Ranjit Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Samar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial Potential Field based Navigation; Formation Control; Leader Follower approach; Tracking Control

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL POTENTIAL FIELDS; ARTIFICIAL POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS; DIFFERENTIALLY DRIVEN WHEELED MOBILE ROBOT; FORMATION CONTROL; LEADER-FOLLOWER APPROACH; LEADER-FOLLOWER FORMATIONS; OPTIMAL PATHS; SEPARATION DISTANCES; TRACKING CONTROLS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 84863936913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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