The robots move semi-actively along the process flow changing their vertical position using diving tanks.
Pressure sensor gives also information for vertical positioning.
The hardware design is based on an efficient microcontroller. Click to enlarge The aim of this project is to create a multirobot system, i.e. robot society operating in 3D process environment. Benefits of this robot society concept are fault tolerance, flexibility and simplicity. The society structure compensate the disadvantages of robots' partly random behaviour, like uncomplete motion capabilities. Design of the robots and their operation as a society is tested in laboratory's demo process and in 3D simulator.