Unmanned ground vehicle swarm formation control using potential fields

L Barnes, MA Fields, K Valavanis - … Conference on Control & …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel technique is presented for organizing swarms of robots into formation utilizing
artificial potential fields generated from normal and sigmoid functions. These functions …

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 …

Using r-functions to control the shape of soft robots

D Mulroy, E Lopez, M Spenko… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we introduce a new approach for soft robot shape formation and morphing
using approximate distance fields. The method uses concepts from constructive solid …

Effective robot team control methodologies for battlefield applications

MA Fields, E Haas, S Hill… - 2009 IEEE/RSJ …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present algorithms and display concepts that allow Soldiers to efficiently
interact with a robotic swarm that is participating in a representative convoy mission. A …

Multiagent-based multi-team formation control for mobile robots

HCH Hsu, A Liu - Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 2005 - Springer
In the field of formation control, researchers generally control multiple robots in only one
team, and little research focuses on multi-team formation control. In this paper, we propose …

[图书][B] A potential field based formation control methodology for robot swarms

LE Barnes - 2008 - search.proquest.com
A novel methodology is presented for organizing swarms of robots into a formation utilizing
artificial potential fields generated from normal and sigmoid functions. These functions …

Potential-function-based shape formation in swarm simulation

H Jung, DH Kim - International Journal of Control, Automation and …, 2014 - Springer
This paper presents a potential-function-based formation shape control scheme for swarm
simulation. The potential function is designed to avoid collision among agents, approach a …

A self-organized shape formation method for swarm controlling

Q Bi, Y Huang - 2018 37th Chinese control conference (CCC), 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new approach for the shape formation based on the artificial method.
It refers to the basic concept in the swarm intelligence: complex behaviors of the swarm can …

Formations of robotic swarm: an artificial force based approach

SW Ekanayake, PN Pathirana - International Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Cooperative control of multiple mobile robots is an attractive and challenging problem which
has drawn considerable attention in the recent past. This paper introduces a scalable …

Formations of robotic swarm: An artificial force based approach

SW Ekanayake, PN Pathirana - International journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Cooperative control of multiple mobile robots is an attractive and challenging problem which
has drawn considerable attention in the recent past. This paper introduces a scalable …