Identification and localization of multiple robots using omnidirectional vision sensors

Abstract

Abstract The development of multirobot systems for solving complex, dynamic problems in real‐world situations is one of the key issues in robotics research. Robust methods of identifying each robot are required to implement collaborative behavior in multirobot systems. In this paper, the authors propose a method of identifying each robot and obtaining its relative position in a robot system using omnidirectional vision sensors. In addition, they verified this system by performing experiments in simulations and a real‐world environment. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn Pt 2, 86(6): 44–53, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/ecjb.10154