Title :
The RoboFlag competition
Author :
Andrea, Raffaello D. ; Murray, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
This paper provides an introduction to the RoboFlag competition and its use as a testbed for distributed control of multi-vehicle systems. The game consists of two teams of 6-10 robots and 2 people, each attempting to capture the other teams flag while defending their own. Limited sensing capability, distributed processing, and limited bandwidth communications are integral parts of the system. The features of RoboFlag provide a number of research challenges in distributed control, sensor fusion, team-based control, and human-centered control.
Keywords :
distributed control; distributed processing; game theory; multi-robot systems; robots; sensor fusion; telecommunication networks; distributed control; distributed processing; human centered control; limited bandwidth communications; limited sensing capability; multivehicle systems; robo flag competiton; robots; sensor fusion; team based control; testbed; Bandwidth; Centralized control; Communication system control; Control systems; Distributed control; Distributed processing; Educational institutions; Robot sensing systems; System testing; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7896-2
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2003.1239093
