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Title: Designing stable finite state machine behaviors using phase plane analysis and variable structure control

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OSTI ID:642721

This paper discusses how phase plane analysis can be used to describe the overall behavior of single and multiple autonomous robotic vehicles with finite state machine rules. The importance of this result is that one can begin to design provably asymptotically stable group behaviors from a set of simple control laws and appropriate switching points with decentralized variable structure control. The ability to prove asymptotically stable group behavior is especially important for applications such as locating military targets or land mines.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Financial Management and Controller, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
642721
Report Number(s):
SAND-98-0622C; CONF-980537-; ON: DE98002811; TRN: AHC2DT02%%47
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1998 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation, Leuven (Belgium), 16-21 May 1998; Other Information: PBD: 10 Mar 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English