A swarm aggregation algorithm based on local interaction for multi-robot systems with actuator saturations

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 539-544

  Gasparri, Andrea ^a   Oriolo, Giuseppe ^b   Priolo, Attilio ^a   Ulivi, Giovanni ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR SATURATIONS; AGGREGATION ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; MOBILE ROBOTIC; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; ROBOT ACTUATORS; THEORETICAL RESULT;

ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; VISIBILITY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84872327888     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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