Cooperative Navigation and Integration of a Human into Multi-robot System

  • Joan Saez-Pose
  • Amir M. Naghsh
  • Leo Nomdedeu
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6856)

Abstract

In the recent years, considerable research efforts have been conducted towards the control of a group of autonomous robots. A human moving cooperatively with a group of robots could as well broadly benefit in several applications (e.g. search and rescue operations). The key focus of this study is to investigate the inclusion of a human in the multi-robot system and consequently the robot motion coordination.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Joan Saez-Pose
    • 1
  • Amir M. Naghsh
    • 1
  • Leo Nomdedeu
    • 2
  1. 1.Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffieldUK
  2. 2.Universitat JaumeCastelloSpain

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