Multi-Robot Position Tracking

Abstract

Accurate navigation is just one of the many challenges for successfully coordinating multiple robot interaction. It is especially important when trying to quantify the success of new techniques being developed to achieve coordinated formation maneuvering. This paper presents the experimental procedures followed while determining robot navigation error along with an evaluation of the resultant measurements. An inexpensive, easily configurable, camera system is presented that shows the potential to provide accurate position information. Along with a description of the system configuration, test procedures and test data are presented and evaluated. Finally, a comparison of the robot navigation error to that of the proposed camera system is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 11, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421870

Entities

People

  • Brian S. Bourgeois
  • Marvin Roe
  • Patrick Mcdowell

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Control Systems
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Guidance
  • Image Processing
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Navigation
  • Robot Navigation
  • Robots
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • Autonomy