Deformable caging formation control for cooperative object transporation by multiple mobile robots

Zhi Dong Wang, Yasuhisa Hirata, Kazuhiro Kosuge

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Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of multi-robots object transportation by using the concept of Object Closure. In contrast to Form or Force Closure used, Object Closure is a condition under which the object is trapped so that there is no feasible path for the object from the given position to any position that is beyond a specified threshold distance. Once Object Closure is achieved, the robots can cooperatively drag or flow the trapped object to the desired goal. In this paper, the Object Closure Margin used to decide the caging formation is addressed and a decentralized control algorithm to perform a large object handling by controlling the density of robots in the caging formation is proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages1158-1163
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2005
EventProceedings of the 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2005 - Monterey, CA, United States
Duration: 2005 Jul 242005 Jul 28

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonterey, CA
Period05/7/2405/7/28

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