A MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS SYSTEM -HARDWARE AND COMMUNICATION

  • Johari, W.A. (Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tobata, Kitakyushu 804, Japan) ;
  • Nohira, M. (Sumitomo Metals Co, Ltd) ;
  • Yamauchi, Y. (Yaskawa Information System Co. Ltd) ;
  • Ishikawa, S. (Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tobata, Kitakyushu 804, Japan) ;
  • Kato, K. (Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tobata, Kitakyushu 804, Japan)
  • 발행 : 1992.10.01

초록

This paper describes a hardware structure and a communication system of a multiple autonomous robots system. Many studies have been devoted to the development of a single autonomous robot. It is, however, also necessary to investigate decentralized multiple autonomous robots system in order to make wider use of such robots. We have been studying a multiple autonomous robots system employing two mobile robots. In this paper, problems are overviewed on the developed multiple autonomous robots system from the viewpoint of hardware and communication, and an improved system is presented, which employs a new control strategy of a mobile robot and realizes reliable data communication between host computers.

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