Abstract
We present a scalable and distributed control strategy
for swarms of satellites to autonomously form an hexagonal
lattice in space around a predefined meeting point. The control
strategy is modeled as an artificial potential field. Such potential
field is split in two main terms: a local potential is used to form
locally hexagonal lattices based on the well known Lennard-
Jones potential, and a global potential used to join the lattices
into a single one. The control strategy uses only simple local
information about few neighbouring satellites and assumes that
each satellite can estimate its position with respect to the meeting
point. Experiments show the results of the method with up to 500
satellites. The proposed method is general and can be adapted
to build different kinds of lattices and shapes.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, 2008. AHS '08 |
Publisher | IEEE Press |
Pages | 57-61 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7695-3166-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 22 Jun 2008 |
Event | NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, 2008. AHS '08 - Noordwijk, Netherlands Duration: 22 Jun 2008 → 25 Jun 2008 |
Conference
Conference | NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, 2008. AHS '08 |
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Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Noordwijk |
Period | 22 Jun 2008 → 25 Jun 2008 |