Sharing a Charging Station without Explicit Communication in Collective Robotics

Abstract

This research focuses on the design of teams of mobile robots that are able to operate in real life situations and non-controlled environments. In order to perform any service, robots have firstly to display two properties: autonomy and self-sufficiency. This paper explores briefly a simple mechanism to enable a team of robots to behave in an autonomous and self-sufficient manner for as long as possible while taking into account the needs of partners.