• DocumentCode
    3493344
  • Title

    On-line optimization-based coordination of multiple unmanned vehicles

  • Author

    Fierro, Rafael ; Branca, Carlo ; Spletzer, John R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    19-22 March 2005
  • Firstpage
    716
  • Lastpage
    721
  • Abstract
    The objective of this work is to investigate on-line optimization-based coordination strategies for robot teams to efficiently accomplish a mission (e.g., reach a set of assigned targets) while avoiding collisions. The multi-robot coordination problem is addressed by solving an on-line receding-horizon mixed-integer program to find some suitable inputs for the vehicles. Simulations results verify the feasibility of our approach.
  • Keywords
    collision avoidance; integer programming; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; remotely operated vehicles; telerobotics; collision avoidance; multi-robot coordination problem; multiple unmanned vehicles; on-line optimization-based coordination strategy; on-line receding-horizon mixed-integer program; robot teams; Automotive engineering; Constraint optimization; Mobile robots; Multirobot systems; Open loop systems; Optimal control; Predictive control; Predictive models; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot kinematics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Networking, Sensing and Control, 2005. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8812-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICNSC.2005.1461278
  • Filename
    1461278