Intelligent coordinate control over cooperative micro robots for nondestructive testing of large steel plates

Multiple, lightweight micro-robots configured to work in a cooperative environment are considered in many applications of Non destructive testing (NDT) where they replace a single large robotic inspection system. Their main advantages over the single larger system are that they are more mobile, do not require a heavy umbilical cord and can be programmed to work in a multi-robot environment using an intelligent software agent.