Automated guided vehicle systems, state-of-the-art control algorithms and techniques

M De Ryck, M Versteyhe, F Debrouwere - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) form a large and important part of the logistic transport
systems in today's industry. They are used on a large scale, especially in Europe, for over a …

Multi-robot coordination analysis, taxonomy, challenges and future scope

JK Verma, V Ranga - Journal of intelligent & robotic systems, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Recently, Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) have attained considerable recognition
because of their efficiency and applicability in different types of real-life applications. This …

[HTML][HTML] Pathways to circular construction: An integrated management of construction and demolition waste for resource recovery

SH Ghaffar, M Burman, N Braimah - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
The challenges of sustainable construction, industrial growth and importance of resource
efficiency are clearly recognised by the UK government and are now at the forefront of …

Multi-robot systems and cooperative object transport: Communications, platforms, and challenges

X An, C Wu, Y Lin, M Lin… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-robot systems gain considerable attention due to lower cost, better robustness, and
higher scalability as compared with single-robot systems. Cooperative object transport, as a …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-robot task allocation clustering based on game theory

JG Martin, FJ Muros, JM Maestre… - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2023 - Elsevier
A cooperative game theory framework is proposed to solve multi-robot task allocation
(MRTA) problems. In particular, a cooperative game is built to assess the performance of …

Decentral task allocation for industrial AGV-systems with resource constraints

M De Ryck, D Pissoort, T Holvoet… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) form a large and important part of the logistics
transportation systems in today's industry and are widely used, especially in Europe. Today's …

Vision-based formation control of mobile robots with FOV constraints and unknown feature depth

Z Miao, H Zhong, J Lin, Y Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this the problem of leader-following tracking control of wheeled mobile robots with implicit
communication through onboard visual sensing is addressed. New image-based visual …

Decentralized task and path planning for multi-robot systems

Y Chen, U Rosolia, AD Ames - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a multi-robot system with a team of collaborative robots and multiple tasks that
emerges over time. We propose a fully decentralized task and path planning (DTPP) …

Tunable adhesion of shape memory polymer dry adhesive soft robotic gripper via stiffness control

CH Son, S Jeong, S Lee, PM Ferreira, S Kim - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
A shape memory polymer (SMP) has been intensively researched in terms of its exceptional
reversible dry adhesive characteristics and related smart adhesive applications over the last …

Secure and secret cooperation in robot swarms

EC Ferrer, T Hardjono, A Pentland, M Dorigo - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
The importance of swarm robotics systems in both academic research and real-world
applications is steadily increasing. However, to reach widespread adoption, new models …