International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems-Volume 3 Cooperative multi-robot box-pushing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA August 05-August 09 ISBN: 0-8186-7108-4
This paper deals with the communication in task-sharing between two autonomous six-legged robots equipped with object and goal sensing, and a repertoire of contact and light-following behaviors. The performance of pushing an elongated box towards a goal region is difficult for a single robot and improves significantly when performed cooperatively, but requires careful coordination between the robots. We present and experimentally demonstrate an approach that utilizes cooperation at three levels: sensing, action, and control, and takes the advantage of a simple communication protocol to compensate for the robots' noisy and uncertain sensing.
Index Terms:
mobile robots; cooperative systems; protocols; optical tracking; learning systems; intelligent control; cooperative multiple robot system; box-pushing; communication protocol; task-sharing; autonomous six-legged robots; goal sensing; object sensing; light-following behaviors; coordination; learning systems
Citation:
M.J. Mataric, M. Nilsson, K.T. Simsarin, "Cooperative multi-robot box-pushing," iros, vol. 3, pp.3556, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems-Volume 3, 1995 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||