A survey of recent advances in cooperative multi-robot systems

Abstract

Cooperative multi-robot systems have been a particularly popular topic within robotics because of their potential applications.To meet the demand of promoting relevant study,the current research and development situation of cooperative multi-robot systems were systematically reviewed and summarized.Research concerning the unconscious bionic swarm-cooperation multi-robot and the heterogeneous intentional-cooperation multi-robot was discussed.In particular,to build and optimize heterogeneous intentional-cooperation multi-robot systems,the recent advances in system structure,environment perception,and control optimization were surveyed and analyzed.Moreover,the benchmark tasks and universal software/hardware platforms for a multi-robot were summarized.Finally,future developments in cooperative multi-robot system research were discussed.