Title :
Control and adaptation of multiple vehicle formation
Author :
Kang, Wei ; Xi, Ning
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA, USA
Abstract :
Develops a general method of controller design for the formation keeping of multiple autonomous vehicles. The purpose of the algorithm is to find controllers to keep multiple vehicles in a required formation, and to coordinate the vehicles in the presence of environmental change. Some useful coordination strategy such as movement with a leader, simultaneous movement, and series connections of formations are demonstrated by simulations
Keywords :
control system synthesis; feedback; mobile robots; position control; vehicles; controller design; environmental change; formation keeping; multiple autonomous vehicles; multiple vehicle formation; series connections; simultaneous movement; Algorithm design and analysis; Communication system control; Design methodology; Land vehicles; Marine vehicles; Military aircraft; Mobile robots; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot kinematics; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1999. IROS '99. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyongju
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5184-3
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1999.812835