Triangular formation control using range measurements: An application to marine robotic vehicles

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 3, Issue PART 1, 2012, Pages 112-117

  Soares, Jorge M ^a,b   Aguiar, A Pedro ^a   Pascoal, António M ^a   Gallieri, Marco ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous Vehicles; Control Laws; Formation Control; Lyapunov Stability; Marine Systems; Station Keeping; Triangular Formations

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CONTROL THEORY; ROBOTICS;

CONTROL LAWS; FORMATION CONTROL; LYAPUNOV STABILITY; MARINE SYSTEMS; STATION KEEPING;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84880884959     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20120410-3-pt-4028.00020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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