Autonomous mobile robots and multi-robot systems : motion-planning, communication, and swarming
Kagan, EugeneAutonomous Mobile Robots and Multi-Robot Systems: Motion-Planning, Communication and Swarming consists of four main parts. The first looks at the models and algorithms of navigation and motion planning in global coordinates systems with complete information about the robot’s location and velocity. The second part considers the motion of the robots in the potential field, which is defined by the environmental states of the robot's expectations and knowledge. The robot's motion in the unknown environments and the corresponding tasks of environment mapping using sensed information is covered in the third part. The fourth part deals with the multi-robot systems and swarm dynamics in two and three dimensions.
- Provides a self-contained, theoretical guide to understanding mobile robot control and navigation
- Features implementable algorithms, numerical examples, and simulations
- Includes coverage of models of motion in global and local coordinates systems with and without direct communication between the robots
- Supplemented by a companion website offering codes, videos, and PowerPoint slides
Autonomous Mobile Robots and Multi-Robot Systems: Motion-Planning, Communication and Swarming is an excellent tool for researchers, lecturers, senior undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers dealing with mobile robots and related issues.