Title
String Formation And Obstacle Avoidance For Multiple Autonomous Agents
Abstract
A novel pursuit-based approach is presented to investigate string formation and obstacle avoidance for multiple autonomous agents. The control objective for these agents is to reach a final desired position along a collision-free trajectory. First, a line formation is achieved by using a leader-follower strategy, in which one agent is regarded as the leader and the others are followers. By using the receding horizon control, the leader agent can reach the destination while effectively avoiding collision with obstacles evolving in environment. The information on obstacles is incorporated online as they are detected by sensors with a limited detecting range. Moreover, each follower agent should only pursue its front agent. It turns out that the follower agents can keep a string formation with the leader agent where in the string formation is useful for a fleet of agents driving in a platoon sequence on a road. The system stability can be guaranteed with a terminal-state penalty in the cost function and a terminal-state region in the optimal control problem. Finally, simulation studies are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1142/S0218213012500376
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Multiple autonomous agents, string formation, pursuit, obstacle avoidance, receding horizon control
Obstacle avoidance,Autonomous agent,Optimal control,Platoon,Simulation,Computer science,Control theory,Collision,Artificial intelligence,Machine learning,Trajectory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
22
1
0218-2130
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
14
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jing Yan115120.02
Xinping Guan22791253.38
Xiao-Yuan Luo327133.54
Xian Yang4805.84