Proposal of a new real-time cooperative challenge in mobile robotics

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

Paulo Gomes da Costa (Author) FEUP; António Paulo Moreira (Author) FEUP; Goncalves, J (Author) Other; Lima, J (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Pages: 9836-9841

18th IFAC World Congress

Milano, 28 August 2011 through 2 September 2011

Indexing

Scopus - 1 Citation

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Authenticus ID: P-008-6BD

DOI: 10.3182/20110828-6-it-1002.02539

Abstract (EN): In this paper it is presented a new robot competition that is going to be included in Robotica 2011, the main Robotics Portuguese Competition. The robot competition takes place in an emulated factory plant, where Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) must cooperate to perform tasks. To accomplish their goals the AGVs must deal with localization, navigation, scheduling and cooperation problems, that must be solved autonomously. One option of prototyping the AGVs is the use of the Lego Mindstorms NXT technology. The presented example can play an important role in education due to the inherent multi-disciplinary concepts that are involved, motivating students to technological areas. It also plays an important role in research and development, because it is expected that the outcomes that will emerge here, will later be transfered to other application areas, such as service robots and manufacturing. © 2011 IFAC.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific