A swarm aggregation algorithm based on local interaction with actuator saturations and integrated obstacle avoidance

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1865-1870

  Leccese, Antonio ^a   Gasparri, Andrea ^a   Priolo, Attilio ^a   Oriolo, Giuseppe ^b   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; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; MOBILE ROBOTIC; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS; ROBOTS; VISIBILITY;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84887282129     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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