A THIRD GENERATION MICRO-VEHICLE TESTBED FOR COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND SENSING STRATEGIES

Maximillian Gonzalez, Xinheng Huang, David S. Hermina Martinez, Chung H. Hsieh, Yuan R. Huang, Benjamin Irvine, Martin B. Short, Andrea L. Bertozzi

2011

Abstract

This paper describes the third generation of an economical cooperative control testbed, last described in (Leung et al., 2007). The new testbed vehicles are improved with powerful on-board computing, upgraded and expanded on-board sensing, and enhanced wireless communication, while maintaining economic feasibility and scale. The new hardware allows for increased autonomy of each vehicle and for the implementation of new, more advanced algorithms that rely on increased computational capability. We demonstrate practical use of the testbed for algorithm validation by implementing both previous and new cooperative steering and barrier avoidance algorithms.

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Gonzalez M., Huang X., S. Hermina Martinez D., H. Hsieh C., R. Huang Y., Irvine B., B. Short M. and L. Bertozzi A. (2011). A THIRD GENERATION MICRO-VEHICLE TESTBED FOR COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND SENSING STRATEGIES . In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-8425-75-1, pages 14-20. DOI: 10.5220/0003449400140020


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Gonzalez M., Huang X., S. Hermina Martinez D., H. Hsieh C., R. Huang Y., Irvine B., B. Short M. and L. Bertozzi A. (2011). A THIRD GENERATION MICRO-VEHICLE TESTBED FOR COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND SENSING STRATEGIES . In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-8425-75-1, pages 14-20. DOI: 10.5220/0003449400140020


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@conference{icinco11,
author={Maximillian Gonzalez and Xinheng Huang and David S. Hermina Martinez and Chung H. Hsieh and Yuan R. Huang and Benjamin Irvine and Martin B. Short and Andrea L. Bertozzi},
title={A THIRD GENERATION MICRO-VEHICLE TESTBED FOR COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND SENSING STRATEGIES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2011},
pages={14-20},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003449400140020},
isbn={978-989-8425-75-1},
}


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco11,
author={Maximillian Gonzalez and Xinheng Huang and David S. Hermina Martinez and Chung H. Hsieh and Yuan R. Huang and Benjamin Irvine and Martin B. Short and Andrea L. Bertozzi},
title={A THIRD GENERATION MICRO-VEHICLE TESTBED FOR COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND SENSING STRATEGIES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2011},
pages={14-20},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003449400140020},
isbn={978-989-8425-75-1},
}


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JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
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AU - Gonzalez M.
AU - Huang X.
AU - S. Hermina Martinez D.
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AU - Irvine B.
AU - B. Short M.
AU - L. Bertozzi A.
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SP - 14
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DO - 10.5220/0003449400140020


in EndNote Style

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JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - A THIRD GENERATION MICRO-VEHICLE TESTBED FOR COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND SENSING STRATEGIES
SN - 978-989-8425-75-1
AU - Gonzalez M.
AU - Huang X.
AU - S. Hermina Martinez D.
AU - H. Hsieh C.
AU - R. Huang Y.
AU - Irvine B.
AU - B. Short M.
AU - L. Bertozzi A.
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