DocumentCode :
2251141
Title :
Hybrid control of reconfigurable robot formations
Author :
Fierro, Rafael ; Das, Aveek K.
Author_Institution :
Marhes Lab., Oklahoma State Univ., Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Volume :
6
fYear :
2003
fDate :
4-6 June 2003
Firstpage :
4607
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a framework to dynamically reconfigure a team of autonomous robots. Reconfiguration means that a team of vehicles is capable of reaching and maintaining a desired formation while following a prescribed trajectory. We described the dynamic reconfiguration problem as a hybrid system; that is, a coordinator assigns controllers to the multi-robot system. Additionally, we formulate the assignment of controllers for the N-robot team as a graph optimization problem. Numerical simulations demonstrate the validity of our approach.
Keywords :
directed graphs; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; optimisation; position control; N-robot team; autonomous robots; controllers; dynamic reconfiguration; formation control; graph optimization; hybrid control; hybrid system; multirobot system; reconfigurable robot formations; Communication system control; Control systems; Laboratories; Linear feedback control systems; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot control; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Shape control; Vehicle dynamics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003
ISSN :
0743-1619
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7896-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2003.1242450
Filename :
1242450
Link To Document :
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