A new procedure for multi-mode sequential flocking with application to multiple non-holonomic mobile robot motion control: mode description and integration principle Online publication date: Sat, 29-Nov-2014
by Lei Cheng; Wen-Xia Xu; Huai-Yu Wu; Quan-Min Zhu; Yong-Ji Wang; Hassan Nouri
International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control (IJMIC), Vol. 15, No. 1, 2012
Abstract: This is the first of two-part paper that investigates the multi-mode sequential flocking with application to multiple non-holonomic mobile robot motion control. To provide a new procedure to avoid collisions and obstacles in the process of multi-robot's sequential flocking, this paper presents the design of a multi-model flocking control for multiple mobile robots in terms of behaviour-based robotics. Some nature-imitating behaviour modes are integrated into the new sequential flocking strategy, including single-robot potential-based behaviour, single-robot wall-following behaviour, multi-robot rigid-body bouncing behaviour, multi-robot pathtracking behaviour and their fusion state. In this way, the efficient collision and obstacle avoidance in flocking motion can be achieved.
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