Coordination of Robot Teams over Long Distances: From Georgia Tech to Tokyo Tech and Back-An 11,000-km Multirobot Experiment

Riku Funada*, Xiaoyi Cai, Gennaro Notomista, Made Widhi Surya Atman, Junya Yamauchi, Masayuki Fujita, Magnus Egerstedt

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Abstract

One reason why multirobot systems are preferred, in some contexts, over their single-robot counterparts is that they admit a larger spatial footprint. With multiple robots, it is possible to span a large area, which is desirable in applications such as search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and perimeter patrol [1]. However, as interrobot distances grow, so do the communication delays experienced among the robots, making precise, coordinated control hard to achieve [2]-[5].

Original languageEnglish
Article number9143250
Pages (from-to)53-79
Number of pages27
JournalIEEE Control Systems
Volume40
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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