• DocumentCode
    1307865
  • Title

    Decentralized Feedback Controllers for Multiagent Teams in Environments With Obstacles

  • Author

    Ayanian, Nora ; Kumar, Vipin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Appl. Mech., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    878
  • Lastpage
    887
  • Abstract
    We propose a method for synthesizing decentralized feedback controllers for a team of multiple heterogeneous agents navigating a known environment with obstacles. The controllers are designed to drive agents with limited team state information to goal sets while avoiding collisions and maintaining specified proximity constraints. The method, its successful application to nonholonomic agents in dynamic simulation and experimentation, and its limitations are presented in this paper.
  • Keywords
    collision avoidance; control system synthesis; decentralised control; feedback; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; collisions avoidance; decentralized feedback controller; multiagent team; multiple heterogeneous agent; nonholonomic agent; proximity constraint; Adaptive control; Aerospace electronics; Collision avoidance; Convergence; Navigation; Robots; Safety; Decentralized feedback control; mobile robot motion planning; motion control; path planning for multiple mobile robot systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Robotics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1552-3098
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TRO.2010.2062070
  • Filename
    5559517