Experimental Testbed for Large Multirobot Teams: Verification and Validation

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Michael, Nathan ^a   Fink, Jonathan ^b   Kumar, Vijay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cooperative manipulation; decentralized control; experimental robotics; formation control; Multirobot systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008052698     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/M-RA.2007.914924     Document Type: Article

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