Title :
A study on the cooperative work of surrounding a fugitive by low-functioning mobile robots
Author :
Okawa, Izumi ; Ishigaki, Tsukasa ; Watanabe, K. ; Kobayashi, Kazuyuki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Hosei Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes a novel autonomous decentralized control algorithm based on the reaction-diffusion equation. Here we apply the algorithm to the group movement control of multiple mobile robots in which a group of mobile robots surround a fugitive robot. To confirm the proposed control algorithm, we carried out extensive simulations as well as experiments for the PIC16F84-based mobile robots.
Keywords :
decentralised control; groupware; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; position control; autonomous decentralized control algorithm; cooperative work; fugitive robot; group movement control; low-functioning mobile robots; multiple mobile robots; reaction-diffusion equation;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2003 Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Fukui, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8352-4
