Nonholonomic mobile robot formation control with kinodynamic constraints

Yuan Li*, Kui Yuan, Wei Zou

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Abstract

Formation control of multiple wheeled mobile robots with nonholonomic constraints and limited acceleration has been studied in this paper. A novel l - φ control strategy in Leader-Following structure is presented. The key idea of this method is that in short control periods the velocity space restricted by the limited acceleration of robot will be searched, and the velocity which minimizes a formation matching function is chosen so that the robots can achieve the specified formation as soon as possible within their abilities. Instead of using global knowledge, this method uses only local sensing information and little communication so it is very suitable for the distributed multi-robot systems. Extensive experiments have been carried out to validate our strategy both in simulation and with two real robots.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Symposium on Practical Cognitive Agents and Robots, PCAR 2006 - Proceedings
Pages200-211
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Symposium on Practical Cognitive Agents and Robots, PCAR 2006 - Perth, WA, Australia
Duration: 27 Nov 200628 Nov 2006

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume213

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Practical Cognitive Agents and Robots, PCAR 2006
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityPerth, WA
Period27/11/0628/11/06

Keywords

  • distributed control
  • formation control
  • leader-following
  • limited acceleration
  • nonholonomic mobile robot

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