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Robots
get better at follow the leader
Robot controller software that adds behavioral cues to the follower robot's estimation of where the leader is going helps the robot follow it. Behavioral cues could include the direction a robot leader is looking.
The software could make robots work more effectively and safely with humans.
Research paper:
Following Controller for Autonomous Mobile Robots Using Behavioral Cues
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, August 2008
Researchers' homepage:
Robotics, Autonomous Systems, and Controls Laboratory, University of California, Davis
Further info:
How It Works: Robot navigation -- Getting from point A to point B -- background on robot navigation
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