Title : 
Triangle formation motion planning of underwater Multi-microrobot system
         
        
            Author : 
Guo, Shuxiang ; Gao, Baofeng ; Ye, Xiufen
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Harbin Eng. Univ., Harbin
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, in order to complete multitask underwater, we will propose a kind of novel underwater multi-microrobot system which is consist of a mother submarine and several microrobots with ICPF (ionic conducting polymer film) actuators. Then we simply design the structure and close-loop control system of the microrobot system, study the mission planning and coordinate motion with the formation methods and motion planning algorithms of several microrobots, and we analysis the motion of the group microrobots to avoid the obstacles when maintaining the triangle formation. At last, we use MATLAB to make the formation motional simulation of the microrobot system when following a desired trajectory or path. The simulation results can help to control the team of microrobots.
         
        
            Keywords : 
closed loop systems; microrobots; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; path planning; underwater vehicles; MATLAB; close-loop control system; coordinate motion; formation motional simulation; ionic conducting polymer film actuator; mission planning; motion planning; multitask underwater; submarine; underwater multimicrorobot system; Algorithm design and analysis; Automation; Control systems; Motion analysis; Motion control; Motion planning; Multirobot systems; Orbital robotics; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; ICPF; Mult-microrobot System; motion planning; simulation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Automation and Logistics, 2008. ICAL 2008. IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Qingdao
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2502-0
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2503-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICAL.2008.4636154