AbslMcf-Robustness is crucial for any robot team, especially when operating in dynamic environments. The physicality of robotic systems and their interactions wilh the environment make them highly prone to malfunctions of many kinds. Three principal categories in the possible space of robot malfunctions are communication failures, partial failure of robot resources necessary for task execution (or partial robot malfunction), and complete robot failure (or robot death). This paper addresses these three categories and explores means by which the TraderBots approach ensures robustness and promotes graceful degradation in team performance when faced with malfunctions.
Dias et al. REF studied three possible failures of robot; i.e., communication failure, partial failure, and full failure in a multi-robot team.
Robust multirobot coordination in dynamic environments
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004
Engineering Computer Science