Robotic Robot Swarm - Visual control of a swarm of robotic robots
intelligent, image-based navigation method, in which several cleaning robots in the swarm divide the space between each other during the cleaning process. The method uses inexpensive camera sensors with panoramic optics for navigation.
Any number of robots
Flexible and robust process
Controllable software complexity
Inexpensive camera sensors
Hotels, offices, retirement homes, hospitals, private use
Since the swarm robots jointly create a “topological“ map without position information, they do not have to agree on a common coordinate system. The division of the clearance is self- organized by an advanced form of simple “obstacle tracking“ in which each robot drives snugly to real obstacles or to track sections previously driven by any of the robots. With this ride strategy, the lanes adapt perfectly to the spatial conditions, guaranteeing seamless cleaning with low multiple coverage. The robots communicate only indirectly with each other through the common map construction; a complex planning and coordination with each other is not necessary. A protocol for the exchange of map data via WLAN was developed.
Licensing
13/05/2015 00:00:00
DE20151006014 20150513
- international:
G01B11/24; G01C11/00; G01C21/04; G01C22/00; G01C7/04; G01S17/89; G05D1/02; G06T7/20
- cooperative:
A47L9/28; G01C21/206; G05D1/0219; G05D1/024; G05D1/0248; G05D1/0272; G05D1/0274; G05D1/0297; G06F16/29; G06F16/5866; G06K9/00805; G06K9/209; G06K9/6202; G06K9/78; G05D1/0246; G05D2201/0215; G06K2209/21; G06T3/60; H04N7/183
Patent application
4267
Germany
