Title :
Indoor automation with many mobile robots
Author :
Caloud, Philippe ; Choi, Wonyun ; Latombe, Jean-Claude ; Le Pape, Claude ; Yim, Mark
Author_Institution :
Robotics Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
The goal of the GOFER project is to control the operations of many mobile robots (several dozens) in an indoor environment. This project raises many research issues: implementation of nonconflicting sensor systems, man-robot and robot-robot communication systems and protocols, contingency-tolerant motion control, multi-robot motion planning, multi-robot task planning and scheduling. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the project and present the current solutions to these problems
Keywords :
mobile robots; planning (artificial intelligence); position control; protocols; scheduling; GOFER project; contingency-tolerant motion control; multiple mobile robots indoor automation; multirobot motion planning; multirobot task planning; nonconflicting sensor systems; protocols; robot-robot communication; scheduling; Automatic control; Communication system control; Indoor environments; Mobile robots; Motion control; Motion planning; Protocols; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '90. 'Towards a New Frontier of Applications', Proceedings. IROS '90. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ibaraki
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1990.262370
