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2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

DOI: 10.1109/iros.2007.4399434

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Decentralized Strategy for Car-Like Robot Formations

Proceedings article published in 2007 by Arturo Gil-Pinto, Philippe Fraisse, René Zapata
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Abstract

This work proposes a control architecture for the consistent motions of a group of nonholonomic robotic vehicles. We present a decentralized control strategy that permits each vehicle to autonomously compute an optimal trajectory by using only locally generated information. In addition, to reach the desired positions in the robot formation, each robot follows a trajectory that is adapted thanks to reactive terms incorporated in the path planning process. This allows the robot to avoid obstacles and to maintain communication with the rest of the formation. We provide the proof of the convergence of this algorithm. Simulation results validate and highlight the efficiency and relevance of this method.