Coordination of systems of mobile robots with social potential functions

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dc.contributorHaskew, Tim A.
dc.contributorWilliams, Keith A.
dc.contributorRicks, Kenneth G.
dc.contributorLee, Tan-Yu
dc.contributor.advisorLeland, R. P.
dc.contributor.authorSamples, Richard Patrick
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-28T22:21:08Z
dc.date.available2017-02-28T22:21:08Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe research in this dissertation is concerned with developing a method to produce flocking behavior in a swarm of mobile robots. The dissertation itself is divided into three articles. The research in the first article is a proof-of-concept that demonstrates that one can create a swarm of mobile robots that engage in flocking behavior by the use of a position tracking controller in concert with a method for defining the desired trajectory for each object. The research in the second article develops a method for implementing both attractive and repulsive artificial potential functions with a position tracking controller. The research in the third article builds on that in the first two articles in order to construct a large swarm of mobile robots that engages in flocking behavior using a social potential function that is contructed from the attractive and repulsive functions of the second article. Each article contains both control-theoretic analysis of robot behavior and demonstrations of the behavior using Matlab simulations. The overall result is a successful, yet relatively simple, method for creating a swarm of mobile robots in which each robot has a degree of freedom of action.en_US
dc.format.extent138 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000094
dc.identifier.otherSamples_alatus_0004D_10038
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/601
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectEngineering, Electronics and Electrical
dc.subjectEngineering, Robotics
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligence
dc.titleCoordination of systems of mobile robots with social potential functionsen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
etdms.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineering
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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