Developments on a system for human-robot teams

Abstract

Abstract — Remote operations in harsh environments, such as those found in the search & rescue and humanitarian demining domains, achieve better results when a strong interaction among users and robots is considered. In addition, robots should be disposable and robust, which can be achieved through parsimonious design. This paper presents a multi-agent system to solve the n-humans and m-robots problem. In addition, a disposable and robust mobile robot for demanding all-terrain environments is presented. Preliminary experimental results obtained with the physical robot suggest that the system is able to guarantee a close interaction between users and robot. Index Terms — Mobile robots, service robots, human-robot interactions, multi-agent systems. I.