We have implemented in the erratic (ERA-MOBI) robot platforms an algorithm that allow a group of robot to generate a flexible formation and maintain it while avoiding obstacles. There is a robot leader that is remotely controled. The rest of the robots have to keep close to all the mates but at the same time keep some distance to avoid collisions (using the so-called social potential field method). In the future we will substitue the robot leader for a real human. It is interesting to see the self-configuration and self-organization of the robots in the different situations.
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