Enhancing the terrain adaptability of a multirobot cooperative transportation system via novel connectors and optimized cooperative strategies

Q Liu, Z Gong, Z Nie, XJ Liu - Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Given limited terrain adaptability, most existing multirobot cooperative transportation
systems (MRCTSs) mainly work on flat pavements, restricting their outdoor applications. The …

A Bi-objective Distributed Optimization Algorithm for Multi-target Encirclement of Multi-robot System with Optimal Formation

X Meng, Q Liu, Z Zhang - 2023 7th International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on the multi-target encirclement of multi-robot system with different
optimal formations. Two objective functions are considered: the distance between robot's …

An Omnidirectional Transportation System with High Terrain Adaptability and Flexible Configurations using Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Robots

Q Liu, Z Nie, Z Gong, XJ Liu - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-robot cooperative transportation systems (MRCTSs) hold great potential in industrial
material transport, where they need to be omnidirectional, highly flexible, adaptable to …

A Framework for Online and Offline Programming of Multi-Robot Cooperative Motion Planning

S Mo, Y Guan, Y Li, X Chen - 2023 9th International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multi-robot system has more flexibility than a single robot, but cooperative path planning
between multi-robot systems is still laborious. Offline programming (OLP), which can …

An Improved Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Multi-robot Path Planning under Complex Tasks

S Yuan, Z He, P He, W Tang - 2024 7th International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we study path planning for multi-robot systems under complex tasks, which are
given by global high-level specifications represented as Boolean formulas. This paper …