Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 27, 2020 - May 30, 2020
We have proposed a leader-follower system for wide-area surveys using passive towed robots. In this system, we require a communication amoung robots to estimate and control the relative position of the robots. However, if the communication is interrupted, the motion control becomes impossible. In this article, we propose a novel formation control method that does not require communication between robots. We develop the catamaran with a heading angle detection mechanism to measure the direction of water flow, then validate the proposed method by experiment.
