Title :
Hybrid control of reconfigurable robot formations
Author :
Fierro, Rafael ; Das, Aveek K.
Author_Institution :
Marhes Lab., Oklahoma State Univ., Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7896-2
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2003.1242450