Title :
Evaluating the efficiency of local and global communication in distributed mobile robotic systems
Author :
Yoshida, Eiichi ; Arai, Tamio ; Yamamoto, Masakazu ; Ota, Jun ; Kurabayashi, Daisuke
Author_Institution :
Mech. Eng. Lab., AIST, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
One of the major emerging problems of distributed mobile robotic system is what kind of inter-robot communication to use, because of increasing robots integrated in the system. This paper aims to give an analytical view of this issue. The efficiency of local and global communication is compared based on the analysis of information transmission time to multiple robots. We will show that local communication is effective in environments where cooperative tasks are executed by multiple mobile robots in distributed fashion
Keywords :
cooperative systems; distributed control; mobile robots; communication efficiency; cooperative tasks; distributed mobile robotic systems; global communication; inter-robot communication; local communication; multiple mobile robots; Diffusion processes; Fault tolerant systems; Global communication; Information analysis; Laboratories; Machinery; Mechanical engineering; Mobile communication; Mobile robots; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '96, IROS 96, Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3213-X
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1996.569035
