Multi-robot coordination analysis, taxonomy, challenges and future scope

JK Verma, V Ranga - Journal of intelligent & robotic systems, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Recently, Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) have attained considerable recognition
because of their efficiency and applicability in different types of real-life applications. This …

A review of the path planning and formation control for multiple autonomous underwater vehicles

B Hadi, A Khosravi, P Sarhadi - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2021 - Springer
Path planning and formation control are two of the most significant concepts which can be
considered in multi-vehicle systems and particularly in autonomous underwater vehicles …

Formation control: a review and a new consideration

YQ Chen, Z Wang - 2005 IEEE/RSJ International conference …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we presented a review on the current control issues and strategies on a group
of unmanned autonomous vehicles/robots formation. Formation control has broad …

Multirobot systems: a classification focused on coordination

A Farinelli, L Iocchi, D Nardi - IEEE Transactions on Systems …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multirobot systems (MRS) are, nowadays, an important research area within robotics and
artificial intelligence and a growing number of systems have recently been presented in the …

Fixed-wing UAV formation control design with collision avoidance based on an improved artificial potential field

J Zhang, J Yan, P Zhang - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses a local minima problem for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
in the process of collision avoidance by using the artificial potential field method, thereby …

Automatic leader–follower persistent formation generation with minimum agent-movement in various switching topologies

D Yu, CLP Chen - IEEE transactions on cybernetics, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the generation strategy, motion planning, and switching topologies of a
distance-based leader-follower relation-invariable persistent formation (RIPF) of multiagent …

Multi UAV cluster control method based on virtual core in improved artificial potential field

E Wu, Y Sun, J Huang, C Zhang, Z Li - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a method of multi UAV cluster control based on improved artificial potential
field (APF) is proposed. The k-means method is used to integrate and optimize the attractive …

Multi-robot search and rescue: A potential field based approach

JL Baxter, EK Burke, JM Garibaldi… - Autonomous robots and …, 2007 - Springer
This paper describes two implementations of a potential field sharing multi-robot system
which we term as pessimistic and optimistic. Unlike other multirobot systems in which …

The angle guidance path planning algorithms for unmanned surface vehicle formations by using the fast marching method

Y Liu, R Bucknall - Applied Ocean Research, 2016 - Elsevier
By deploying multiple USVs as a formation fleet, benefits such as wide mission area,
improved system autonomy and increased fault-tolerant resilience can be achieved. To …

Swarm formation control utilizing elliptical surfaces and limiting functions

LE Barnes, MA Fields… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a strategy for organizing swarms of unmanned vehicles into a
formation by utilizing artificial potential fields that were generated from normal and sigmoid …