Autonomous collision avoidance for wheeled mobile robots using a differential game approach
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Author(s)
Mylvaganam, T
Sassano, M
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A multi-agent system consisting of N wheeled mobile robots is considered. The robots are modeled by unicycle dynamics and the multi-agent collision avoidance problem, which lies in steering each robot from its initial position to a desired target position while avoiding collisions with obstacles and other agents is considered. The problem is solved in two steps. First, exploiting a differential game formulation, collision-free trajectories are generated for virtual agents satisfying single-integrator dynamics. Second, the previous step is used to construct dynamic feedback strategies for the wheeled mobile robots satisfying unicycle dynamics which ensure each of the robots reaches its target without collisions occurring. A numerical study of the proposed methodology is provided through a series of simulations.
Date Issued
2018-03-01
Date Acceptance
2017-11-21
Citation
European Journal of Control, 2018, 40 (1), pp.53-61
ISSN
0947-3580
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
53
End Page
61
Journal / Book Title
European Journal of Control
Volume
40
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2017 European Control Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Open Access funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S094735801730184X
Grant Number
EP/L014343/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Automation & Control Systems
Nonlinear control systems
Collision avoidance
Multi-agent systems
Differential games
COVERAGE CONTROL
SENSOR NETWORKS
Industrial Engineering & Automation
0102 Applied Mathematics
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-12-05