WSEAS Transactions on Systems
Print ISSN: 1109-2777, E-ISSN: 2224-2678
Volume 11, 2012
Wheeled Mobile Robot Model and Cooperative Formation Control
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Abstract: As a part of a more complex study about cooperative search and rescue wheeled mobile robots, the current work focuses first on defining a complete mathematical model of a wheeled mobile robot that moves in partially known environments. The implemented Matlab/Simulink model of the kinematic, sensorial and fuzzy control parts assures the movement of the robot from an initial point to the destination avoiding possible obstacles. The paper continues to present the development of a control strategy that defines the leader-follower concept for cooperative wheeled mobile robots which have to keep a certain formation and to reach a target considering possible obstacles along the path.