Tangential-force-based collision-free formation control for non-holonomic mobile robots

Yunshan Deng, Teng Long, Zhu Wang*, Guangtong Xu, Yan Cao

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Abstract

This paper proposes a collision-free formation control method under the leader-follower control framework for non-holonomic mobile robots. To prevent robots from trapping into locally infeasible states and improve the effectiveness of collision avoidance, a tangential-force-based collision avoidance controller is proposed. The tangential-force-based repulsion field is customized to guide the intruder revolving around the field source with a certain radius. The repulsion field is divided into three areas and repulsion forces are generated in different areas to guide robots to maintain formation and avoid collision efficiently. Simulation results on formation-reconfiguration and formation-crossing scenarios demonstrate that the proposed method can drive all the robots to reach corresponding destinations without collision, which cannot be realized by the standard artificial potential method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 38th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2019
EditorsMinyue Fu, Jian Sun
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages5805-5810
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9789881563972
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2019
Event38th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2019 - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 27 Jul 201930 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameChinese Control Conference, CCC
Volume2019-July
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

Conference38th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period27/07/1930/07/19

Keywords

  • Collision-free formation control
  • Formation-reconfiguration
  • Tangential-force

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