A Distributed Method for Evaluating Properties of a Robot Formation

As a robot formation increases in size or explores places where it is difficult for a human operator to interact, autonomous control becomes critical. We propose a distributed autonomous method for evaluating properties of multi-robot systems, and then discuss how this information can be applied to improve performance with respect to a given operation. We present this as an extension of our previous work on robot formations; however, the techniques described could be adapted to other multi-robot systems.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: AAAI
• Authors: Brent Beer, Ross Alan Mead, Jerry B. Weinberg
• Keywords: AAAI 2010, Intelligent Agents, Multi-robot Systems, Robot Formation Increases, Robot Formations