Navigation and formation control for distributed miniature robots with micro tool and sensor

Author

Aoyama, Hisayuki ; Nozue, Masaru ; Iwata, Futoshi ; Fukaya, Jisuke ; Sasaki, Akira

Author_Institution

Div. of Intelligent Instrum. & Inf. Integration, Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu, Japan

fYear

1995

fDate

4-6 Oct 1995

Firstpage

255

Lastpage

260

Abstract

Multiple miniature robots with simple micro tool and sensor can provide great cost saving benefits particularly with an ultra precise manufacturing process. In our project, several miniature robots with reliable performance even in microscopic ranging are to be employed and managed for giving collaborative operation applicable to microfabrication. Graphical on-line simulation with a parallel processing facility is developed to check out the feasibility of initial plan and decision making for navigation and formation control of multiple miniature robots

Keywords

computerised navigation; cooperative systems; distributed decision making; flexible manufacturing systems; industrial robots; intelligent control; microsensors; mobile robots; navigation; parallel processing; path planning; robot programming; telerobotics; collaborative operation; collision avoidance; cooperative agents; decision making; desktop flexible manufacturing; distributed miniature robots; formation control; graphical on-line simulation; inchworm like behavior; initial plan; micro tool; microcomputer network; microfabrication; microsensor; multiple robots; navigation; parallel processing facility; robot locomotion; ultraprecise manufacturing; Collaboration; Decision making; Distributed control; Manufacturing processes; Microscopy; Navigation; Parallel processing; Parallel robots; Project management; Robot sensing systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Machine and Human Science, 1995. MHS '95., Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nagoya

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2676-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MHS.1995.494246

Filename

494246