Coordinated Deployment of Multiple, Heterogeneous Robots

Abstract

To be truly useful, mobile robots need to be fairly autonomous and easy to control. This is especially true in situations where multiple robots are used, due to the increase in sensory information and the fact that the robots can interfere with one another. This paper describes a system that integrates autonomous navigation, a task executive, task planning, and an intuitive graphical user interface to control multiple, heterogeneous robots. We have demonstrated a prototype system that plans and coordinates the deployment of teams of robots. Testing has shown the effectiveness and robustness of the system, and of the coordination strategies in particular.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA480451

Entities

People

  • David Apfelbaum
  • David J. Musliner
  • Dieter Fox
  • Karen Z. Haigh
  • Michael Pelican
  • Reid Simmons
  • Robert P. Goldman
  • Sebastian Thrun

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Autonomous Machine Behavior
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Science
  • Deployment
  • Executives
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Guidance
  • Language
  • Military Operations
  • Motion Planning
  • Navigation
  • Robots
  • User Interface
  • World Geodetic System

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control