Presentation 2017-07-14
Coupled Kuramoto oscillator-based control laws for both formation and obstacle avoidance control of two-wheeled mobile robots
Kevin Denamganai, Tadashi Nakamura, Naoyuki Hara, Keiji Konishi,
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Abstract(in English) Our previous study proposed a control law for two-wheeled mobile robots that is based on the synchronization phenomenon of coupled Kuramoto oscillators. The control law aims at achieving circular formation around a given target. We must deal with the issue of having robot colliding with potential obstacles while performing the desired encircling behavior, before being able to deploy such a robotic framework. The present report investigates two ways of extending the previous control law into exhibiting obstacle avoidance behaviors. The first possible extension is based on a limit cycle system, whereas the second possible extension is based on the evolution of the desired radius of the circular formation behavior. The control laws are then tested, validated, and compared in a robotic physic-based simulator entitled Gazebo.
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Keyword(in English) obstacle avoidanceformation controlcircular formationcomplex systemtwo-wheeled robotswarm of robots
Paper # NLP2017-44
Date of Issue 2017-07-06 (NLP)

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Committee NLP
Conference Date 2017/7/13(2days)
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Place (in English) Miyako Island Marine Terminal
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Chair Masaharu Adachi(Tokyo Denki Univ.)
Vice Chair Norikazu Takahashi(Okayama Univ.)
Secretary Norikazu Takahashi(Nagaoka Univ. of Tech.)
Assistant Toshihiro Tachibana(Shonan Inst. of Tech.) / Masayuki Kimura(Kyoto Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Nonlinear Problems
Language ENG
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Title (in English) Coupled Kuramoto oscillator-based control laws for both formation and obstacle avoidance control of two-wheeled mobile robots
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) obstacle avoidanceformation controlcircular formationcomplex systemtwo-wheeled robotswarm of robots
1st Author's Name Kevin Denamganai
1st Author's Affiliation Osaka Prefecture University(Osaka Pref. Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Tadashi Nakamura
2nd Author's Affiliation Osaka Prefecture University(Osaka Pref. Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Naoyuki Hara
3rd Author's Affiliation Osaka Prefecture University(Osaka Pref. Univ.)
4th Author's Name Keiji Konishi
4th Author's Affiliation Osaka Prefecture University(Osaka Pref. Univ.)
Date 2017-07-14
Paper # NLP2017-44
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) NLP-121
Page pp.pp.87-91(NLP),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2017-07-06 (NLP)