Dynamic modeling and centralized formation control of mobile robots

C De La Cruz, R Carelli - IECON 2006-32nd annual …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The work presents, first, a complete dynamic model of a unicycle-like mobile robot that takes
part in a multi-robot formation. A linear parameterization of the model is also performed. The …

Dynamic model based formation control and obstacle avoidance of multi-robot systems

C De La Cruz, R Carelli - Robotica, 2008 - cambridge.org
This work presents, first, a complete dynamic model of a unicycle-like mobile robot that takes
part in a multi-robot formation. A linear parameterization of this model is performed in order …

Attractor dynamics approach to formation control: theory and application

S Monteiro, E Bicho - Autonomous Robots, 2010 - Springer
In this paper we show how non-linear attractor dynamics can be used as a framework to
control teams of autonomous mobile robots that should navigate according to a predefined …

Formation control and trajectory tracking of mobile robotic systems–a Linear Algebra approach

A Rosales, G Scaglia, V Mut, F di Sciascio - Robotica, 2011 - cambridge.org
A novel approach for trajectory tracking of a mobile-robots formation by using linear algebra
theory and numerical methods is presented in this paper. The formation controller design is …

[HTML][HTML] Centralized formation control of non-holonomic mobile robots

R Carelli, C De la Cruz, F Roberti - Latin American applied …, 2006 - SciELO Argentina
This work presents a control algorithm for a group of non-holonomic mobile robots that must
attain coordinately a specific formation, which can be fixed or moving in the work space. The …

Robotic chain formations

PM Maxim, WM Spears, DF Spears - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2009 - Elsevier
One important task in cooperative robotics is the self–organization of robotic chain
formations in unknown environments. Surveillance and reconnaissance in sewers, ducts …

TRiForm: Formation control for underwater sensor networks with measurement errors

H Wu, Z Yang, J Cao, L Lai - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The formation control of mobile underwater wireless sensor networks (MUWSNs) is difficult
due to the severe errors in distance and motion measurements. To address this problem, we …

Optimal formations for cooperative localization of mobile robots

YS Hidaka, AI Mourikis… - Proceedings of the 2005 …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the effects of the geometry of a mobile robot formation on the accuracy of
the robots' localization. The general case of heterogeneous (in terms of sensor accuracy) …

[PDF][PDF] Observer-based decentralized approach to robotic formation control

A Nguyen, QP Ha, S Huang… - … Conference on Robotics …, 2004 - opus.lib.uts.edu.au
Control of a group of mobile robots in a formation requires not only environmental sensing
but also communication among vehicles. Enlarging the size of the platoon of vehicles …

Robot formations: Robots allocation and leader-follower pairs

S Monteiro, E Bicho - 2008 IEEE International Conference on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we focus on the problem of assigning robots to places in a desired formation,
considering random initial locations of the robots. Since we use a leader-follower strategy …