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A Control Method for Gathering Patterns of Multiple Micromachines
Yoshiki Shimomura, Hitoshi Hasunuma, Kazunori Makino, Masataka Koyama, Yasuo Nakano and Yasuo Otsuki
Research Department of Electronic and Control Technology Development Center, Technology Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., 118 Furatsuzuka, Noda, Chiba 278-8585, Japan
Received:October 1, 1999Accepted:December 8, 1999Published:April 20, 2000
Keywords:micromachine, swarm control, pattern generation, distributed autonomous
Abstract
To use micromachines as intelligent actuators for operations in narrow places, it is desirable to endow micromachines with functions to move individually and to work cooperatively in a group. The objective of our research is to develop a control system for multimicromachines to construct desired work patterns. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to generate desired patterns and show some experimental results.
Cite this article as:Y. Shimomura, H. Hasunuma, K. Makino, M. Koyama, Y. Nakano, and Y. Otsuki, “A Control Method for Gathering Patterns of Multiple Micromachines,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.12 No.2, pp. 158-164, 2000.Data files:
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