Title
Multilevel-based topology design and shape control of robot swarms
Abstract
The current paper investigates the topology design and shape control of a group of homogeneous mobile robots moving into a desired region. A new topology method, designed based on a multilevel structure, is employed to present different shapes of swarm robots in the desired region. A potential function-based controller, including a new shape regulation control force, is developed to control the robots in forming the desired formation shape. The shape regulation control force is used to address the local minima problem that causes the robots to get stuck at undesired positions. A Lyapunov approach is utilized to analyze the stability of the controlled system. Finally, simulations and experiments are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.automatica.2012.08.019
Automatica
Keywords
Field
DocType
Topology design,Shape control,Swarm robots,Multilevel structure
Control theory,Shape control,Homogeneous,Control theory,Maxima and minima,Topology design,Robot,Mathematics,Mobile robot,Swarm robotics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
12
0005-1098
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
20
0.83
18
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiao Yan1495.11
Jian Chen218411.18
Dong Sun396687.31