Scaling Cooperative Mobile Multi-Robot Systems for Object Handling

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages2562-2567
Number of pages6
ISBN (electronic)9798331522469
ISBN (print)979-8-3315-2247-6
Publication statusPublished - 17 Aug 2025
Event21st IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025 - Los Angeles, United States
Duration: 17 Aug 202521 Aug 2025

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NameIEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
ISSN (Print)2161-8070
ISSN (electronic)2161-8089

Abstract

Cooperative Mobile Multi-Robot Systems (CMMRS) are supposed to enable more flexible handling systems but face challenges in scalability due to kinematic overdetermination. This paper presents a scalable control architecture using admittance control to mitigate said overdetermination. A Temporal Convolutional Network (TCN) for real-time force estimation serves to mitigate instabilities in the admittance controller that occur in rigid surface contact. Experimental validation with up to eight industrial robots demonstrates high tracking accuracy, with position errors below 2 mm and orientation errors around 10 mrad.

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Scaling Cooperative Mobile Multi-Robot Systems for Object Handling. / Recker, Tobias; Lachmayer, Lukas; Raatz, Annika.
2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025. IEEE Computer Society, 2025. p. 2562-2567 (IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering).

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Recker, T, Lachmayer, L & Raatz, A 2025, Scaling Cooperative Mobile Multi-Robot Systems for Object Handling. in 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025. IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 2562-2567, 21st IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025, Los Angeles, California, United States, 17 Aug 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/CASE58245.2025.11163753
Recker, T., Lachmayer, L., & Raatz, A. (2025). Scaling Cooperative Mobile Multi-Robot Systems for Object Handling. In 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025 (pp. 2562-2567). (IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/CASE58245.2025.11163753
Recker T, Lachmayer L, Raatz A. Scaling Cooperative Mobile Multi-Robot Systems for Object Handling. In 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025. IEEE Computer Society. 2025. p. 2562-2567. (IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering). doi: 10.1109/CASE58245.2025.11163753
Recker, Tobias ; Lachmayer, Lukas ; Raatz, Annika. / Scaling Cooperative Mobile Multi-Robot Systems for Object Handling. 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025. IEEE Computer Society, 2025. pp. 2562-2567 (IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering).
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