Solving function distribution and behavior design problem for cooperative object handling by multiple mobile robots

Authors:
ZhiDong Wang;E. Nakano;T. Takahashi
Affiliations:
Graduate Sch. of Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan;-;-
Venue:
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans
Year:
2003

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Abstract

This paper addresses the function distribution and behavior design problem for a multirobot system which incorporates a behavior-based dynamic cooperation strategy for object handling. The proposed multiple robot system is composed of a managing robot and homogeneous behavior-based robots. The cooperation strategy in this system is realized in two steps: designing the distributed robot's cooperative behavioral attributes according to the robot's abilities, and organizing these behavioral attributes so that team cooperation is realized. For indicating an incremental style of local behavior construction, an advanced design of cooperative behavior for coping with unknown disturbance is addressed. Additionally, two extended cooperation strategies designed for a path tracking task are described. These three strategies are based on the same concept on performing manipulation in coordination. Therefore, by considering the function distribution among the managing robot and worker robots, and considering behavior design of each worker robot, the proposed system is able to achieve the object handling task with different performances according to the task requirement, such as with or without path tracking and with or without contact with the environment. Experimental results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed system.