Collaborative Multi-Robot Montecarlo Localization

This video presents an algorithm for collaborative mobile robot localization based on probabilistic methods (Monte Carlo localization) used in assistant robots. When a robot detects another in the same environment, a probabilistic method is used to synchronize each robot´s belief. As a result, the robots localize themselves faster and maintain higher accuracy. The technique has been implemented and tested using a virtual environment capable to simulate several robots and using two real mobile robots equipped with cameras and laser range-finders for detecting other robots. The result obtained in simulation and with real robots show improvements in localization speed and accuracy when compared to conventional single-robot localization.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Collaborative
• Multi-Robot
• Montecarlo
• Localization