TY - GEN
T1 - Using dynamic processing windows for robot group control
AU - Qadi, Alá
AU - Goddard, Steve
AU - Huang, Jiangyang
AU - Farritor, Shane
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper presents a method for determining the feasible processing window for a leader robot that controls a group of follower robots. A processing window is defined as the time interval from the instant the platform starts collecting data to the moment the robot leader finishes planning and communicates with follower robots. The method determines the minimum processing window after considering the different bounds affecting the control of the robot, such as of robot's processing power, robot sensors and the motion of the robots in the group. We present a derivation of the bounds that affect the processing window of the leader robot and an algorithm for determining the feasible window or adjusting the parameters that affect the processing window in case a feasible processing window cannot be achieved because of an overload condition. The application considered in this paper is a group of mobile robots that self deploy, retrieve, and reconfigure barrels to improve the safety of highway construction/maintenance workers.
AB - This paper presents a method for determining the feasible processing window for a leader robot that controls a group of follower robots. A processing window is defined as the time interval from the instant the platform starts collecting data to the moment the robot leader finishes planning and communicates with follower robots. The method determines the minimum processing window after considering the different bounds affecting the control of the robot, such as of robot's processing power, robot sensors and the motion of the robots in the group. We present a derivation of the bounds that affect the processing window of the leader robot and an algorithm for determining the feasible window or adjusting the parameters that affect the processing window in case a feasible processing window cannot be achieved because of an overload condition. The application considered in this paper is a group of mobile robots that self deploy, retrieve, and reconfigure barrels to improve the safety of highway construction/maintenance workers.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543791
DO - 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543791
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51649118148
SN - 9781424416479
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 3782
EP - 3789
BT - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2008
T2 - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2008
Y2 - 19 May 2008 through 23 May 2008
ER -