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Redundant manipulator techniques for partially decentralized path planning and control of a platoon of autonomous

Daniel J Stilwell, Bradley E Bishop, Caleb A Sylvester

    IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
    |September 1, 2005
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