Summary: Ten Autonomous Mobile Robots (and even more)
in a Route Network Like Environment \Lambda
L. Aguilar, R. Alami, S. Fleury, M. Herrb, F. Ingrand, F. Robert
LAAS / CNRS,
7, Avenue du Colonel Roche ­ 31077 Toulouse ­ France
Abstract: This paper presents an implemented sys­
tem which allows to run a fleet of autonomous mobile
robots in a route network with a very limited central­
ized activity. The robots are endowed with all the
necessary ingredients for planning and executing nav­
igation missions in a multi­robot context.
Multi­robot cooperation is based on a generic para­
digm called Plan­Merging Paradigm, where robots in­
crementally merge their plans into a set of already
coordinated plans.
The robot architecture is derived from the generic
architecture developed at LAAS. A 3D graphic envi­
ronment system allows to display a complete system
composed of a dozen (or more) robots, each running
on an independent workstation. An example is pre­

Source: Alami, Rachid - Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes du CNRS

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