1. A robotic leader-follower navigation and fleet management control method, comprising the steps of: performing Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in a group leader of a nonholonomic group of autonomous robots using at least one sensor, the SLAM generating a map of landmarks in an environment; the group leader localizing itself with respect to the map to navigate the environment; executing potential field formation control in follower members of the nonholonomic group of autonomous robots; computing a desired formation of the autonomous robots by utilizing a control law characterized by the relation u i = f ci + ∑ j = 1 , j ≠ i n ⁢ f aij - b ⁢ x. i and f ci = - ∇ x i ⁢ V ci ⁡ ( x i ) , where ƒ ci represents a force between a center of the desired formation, represented by a position of the group leader, and an i-th one of the follower members, wherein the force maintains each of the follower members at a radius of a circle circumscribing a polygon at a distance from the center of the desired formation; and the follower members following the group leader in a predefined formation pattern based on the desired formation and the potential field with respect to each other and with respect to the group leader.