Flocking control is a new type of control which coordinates the motions among multiple mobile robots. Current researches focus their attention on leaderless flocking controller design. We, in this paper, present the d...
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Flocking control is a new type of control which coordinates the motions among multiple mobile robots. Current researches focus their attention on leaderless flocking controller design. We, in this paper, present the design of a sequential flocking control for multiple mobile robots, and put forward the corresponding performance evaluation method. Firstly, we briefly review the existing theories of agent-based sequential formation control;and then, transfer the agent-based flocking control strategy to the design of overall control algorithm for mobile robots, by considering the dynamics of nonholonomic mobile robot. To analyze the sequential flocking system, a flocking performance analysis method based on the least stability time (LST) is proposed. Simulations of real problems illustrate the processes of control and analysis of a multiple mobile robots sequential flocking system. The simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of our proposed procedure.
The structural and dynamical properties, partic-ularly the small-world effect and scale-free feature, of com-plex networks have attracted tremendous interest and atten-tion in recent years. This article offers a brief...
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The structural and dynamical properties, partic-ularly the small-world effect and scale-free feature, of com-plex networks have attracted tremendous interest and atten-tion in recent years. This article offers a brief review of one focal issue concerning the structural and dynamical behav-iors of complex network synchronization. In the presenta-tion, the notions of synchronization of dynamical systems on networks, stability of dynamical networks, and relationships between network structure and synchronizability, will be first introduced. Then, various technical methods for enhancing the network synchronizability will be discussed, which are roughly divided into two classes: Structural Modification and Coupling-Pattern Regulation, where the former includes three typical methods-dividing hub nodes, shortening average dis-tances, and deleting overload edges, while the latter mainly is a method of strengthening the hub-nodes' influence on the network.
This paper investigates the ability of fault tolerance for multirobot formation, which is important for practical formation in complex environment. Our model enables mobile robots group to continue to complete given t...
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(纸本)0780384032
This paper investigates the ability of fault tolerance for multirobot formation, which is important for practical formation in complex environment. Our model enables mobile robots group to continue to complete given tasks by reorganizing their formation, when some members are in failure. First, to build such model, a multi-agent architecture is presented, which is implemented through communication. Second, we introduce the hierarchy graph of multirobot formation to be the theoretical foundation of the fault tolerance system. The graph analysis is suitable for general leader-follower formation format. And then, the failure detection mechanism for formation is discussed. Finally, integrated fault tolerance algorithm is investigated, including supplement for faulty robots and formation reconfiguration. The improved agent architecture adding the fault tolerance module is also presented. The experiments on real multiple mobile robots demonstrate our design is feasible.
In this paper, we describe a general multiple mobile robots formation controlsystem through communication channel. With this technique, the multirobot formation controlsystem without environment constraint can be re...
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(纸本)0780386531
In this paper, we describe a general multiple mobile robots formation controlsystem through communication channel. With this technique, the multirobot formation controlsystem without environment constraint can be realized. A distinguishing feature of our work is the fact that robot formation relies only on communication whether the members in team sense others or not. Firstly, we propose a kind of multirobot formation architecture based on multi-agent system. Furthermore, in this architecture, modularization agent design is taken. To demonstrate the validity of such framework, an improved closed-up multirobot rigid formation control algorithm is introduced. Our results include a series of virtual robot simulations and experiments using three mobile robots. The results show our design is feasible.
This paper emphasizes on the sensor fusion algorithm on mobile robot's localization, to solve the problem of accumulated error attributed to wheel encoders and redundant readings in multi-sonar system. Based on th...
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This paper emphasizes on the sensor fusion algorithm on mobile robot's localization, to solve the problem of accumulated error attributed to wheel encoders and redundant readings in multi-sonar system. Based on the error analysis of wheel encoders and sonar, a new integrated intelligent sensor fusion algorithm is introduced, the novel core of such algorithm is error judgement rule. With this technique, the mobile robot can autonomously correct its position in proper time. As demonstration, an experiment on the Pioneer II mobile robot has been completed. Pioneer II is an intelligent mobile robotic platform manufactured by ActivMedia Corporation, it is equipped with an internal wheel encoders and a full-span sonar ring. The experiment result shows that such algorithm not only avoids the error accumulation with regard to wheel encoders, but also guarantees the motion speed of robot.
In this paper, the design of explicit rate-based congestion control in high speed communication networks is considered. At a bottleneck node, there are multiple best-effort sources competing with other high priority c...
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In this paper, the design of explicit rate-based congestion control in high speed communication networks is considered. At a bottleneck node, there are multiple best-effort sources competing with other high priority c...
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In this paper, the design of explicit rate-based congestion control in high speed communication networks is considered. At a bottleneck node, there are multiple best-effort sources competing with other high priority cross traffic sources. The goal of congestion control is to achieve high link utilization, low packet loss, low delay, and fairness among the best-effort sources. In this paper, the high priority traffic is described by an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) process. To deal with the propagation delays associated with the best-effort sources, model predictive control, particularly, generalized predictive control, techniques are proposed to solve the congestion problem here. It is demonstrated that the proposed controller performs well and is robust to delay uncertainties. In addition, in a multiple-nodes configuration, the controller provides max-min fairness.
In the paper,we exhibit the usefulness of nonlinearity in two aspects:analysis of nonlinear dynamics and nonsmooth feedback *** illustrative examples are given to show how the new bifurcation p
In the paper,we exhibit the usefulness of nonlinearity in two aspects:analysis of nonlinear dynamics and nonsmooth feedback *** illustrative examples are given to show how the new bifurcation p
A prototype concurrent engineering tool has been developed for the preliminary design of composite topside structures for modern navy warships. This tool, named GELS for the Concurrent engineering of Layered Structure...
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A prototype concurrent engineering tool has been developed for the preliminary design of composite topside structures for modern navy warships. This tool, named GELS for the Concurrent engineering of Layered Structures, provides designers with an immediate assessment of the impacts of their decisions on several disciplines which are important to the performance of a modern naval topside structure, including electromagnetic interference effects (EMI), radar cross section (RCS), structural integrity, cost, and weight. Preliminary analysis modules in each of these disciplines are integrated to operate from a common set of design variables and a common materials database. Performance in each discipline and an overall fitness function for the concept are then evaluated. A graphical user interface (GUI) is used to define requirements and to display the results from the technical analysis modules. Optimization techniques, including feasible sequential quadratic programming (FSQP) and exhaustive search are used to modify the design variables to satisfy all requirements simultaneously. The development of this tool, the technical modules, and their integration are discussed noting the decisions and compromises required to develop and integrate the modules into a prototype conceptual design tool.
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Schulte, DPSkolnick, AHe has supported the development and operation of several naval systems
including advanced component selection for Trident II fire control and navigation systems. He served as branch manager of the Surface Ship ASW Combat System Branch which acted as the acquisition engineering agent for the AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon System. He was then selected to manage the Module Engineering Department which provided engineering support to numerous naval systems including the AN/BSY-1 Submarine Combat System and the Trident II fire control and navigation system. He then served as the deputy program manager for NAVSEA Progressive Maintenance (2M/ATE). He holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and currently is pursuing a Maste's degree in Public Environmental Affairs at Indiana University—Purdue University
Indianapolis. He served at Applied Physics Laboratory/The Johns Hopkins University in missile development
then aboard USS Boston (CAG-1) and played leading roles in several weapon system developments (Regulus Terrier Tartar Talos) inertial navigation (Polaris) deep submergence (DSRV) and advanced ship designs (SES). He later was director Combat System Integration Naval Sea Systems Command and head Combat Projects Naval Ship Engineering Center. He led the Navy's High Energy Lasers and Directed Energy Weapons development efforts. He was vice president advanced technology at Operations Research Inc. and vice president maritime engineering at Defense Group Inc. before starting SSC in 1991. Dr. Skolnick holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics and Economics
Queens College an M.A. degree in Mathematics and Philosophy Columbia University an M.S. degree in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Polytechnic University in New York. He is the author of many published papers on engineering design issues source selection procedures and large-scale complex technology problems
The Fleet continues to require high performance systems that can operate with dependability in the seas' unforgiving environments and under hostile action. Those demands are not new. What has changed is the urgent...
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The Fleet continues to require high performance systems that can operate with dependability in the seas' unforgiving environments and under hostile action. Those demands are not new. What has changed is the urgent priority formerly assigned to national defense issues. The arguments for continued superpower military strength are now roiled in politics along with unsettled budgets and uncertain force level projections. Current expectations revolve about indefinite fiscal and operational issues (difficult funding constraints and broadband threats). In the actual event of ''doing more with less,'' a practical response is to apply the creative power available from sound engineering judgement and the crucible of experience to the immediate needs of the Fleet. The attempt to shorten the path between advanced development effort and Fleet use has been tried occasionally in the past, often, without exemplary results. The Sustainable Hardware and Affordable Readiness Practices (SHARP) program, is a generic R&D effort under OpNav sponsorship that has been working steadily on sensible solutions to product engineering problems. Armed today with fast-time, large-scale computation abilities and modern tools for technical problem solving coupled with specialized engineering knowledge, it has been refreshed and is underway satisfying existing Fleet needs. The relationship between fully responsive engineering services and current operational needs is always demanding. The connection between advanced engineering development (6.3 category funds) and immediate Fleet usage brings added complexity and challenge, both technical and organizational. Illustrative examples of affordable engineering solutions to ''retain, revise, replace or retire'' questions are presented within the context of both Fleet realities and budgetary limitations. The discussion covers legacy system support, civil/military considerations and Fleet maintenance issues. It describes the substantial and critical payoffs i
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