Intelligent multi robot systems for contemporary shopping malls

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to show a new concept of robust and adaptive cooperative-collaborative multi-robot service architecture for contemporary mega stores. The research aim is design and devlopment of methods and technologies for integration of cognitive characteristics of cooperative robots with advanced recognition techniques (vision, RFID). The particular objectives includes the development of methods for cooperative perception and SLAM, the development of task allocation algorithms and navigation strategies, as well as development of cooperative learning. The porposed multirobot platform enables the different functional scenarios: cooperative distribution stock monitoring, cooperative RFID inventory control, cooperative robot formations, human-robot assistance.