Docking system and power management for autonomous mobile robots

AC Acosta Calderon, BS Ng, ER Mohan… - Applied Mechanics and …, 2014 - Trans Tech Publ
Mobile robots' tasks depends the batteries to supply power. Automated mobile robots should
manage its power to maximize the battery performance. Docking and recharging are crucial …

Battery charge scheduling in long-life autonomous mobile robots

M Tomy, B Lacerda, N Hawes… - … European Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The daily working hours of long-life mobile robots are limited primarily by battery life. Most
systems use a combination of hard thresholds and fixed periods to decide when to charge …

Coordinated recharging of heterogeneous mobile robot teams during continuous large scale missions

M Kenzin, I Bychkov… - 2020 7th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Currently, the coordinated use of autonomous mobile robot teams seems to be one of the
most promising and ambitious technologies to provide an efficient solution to a range of …

Energy management module for mobile robots in hostile environments

R Parasuraman, P Pagala, K Kershaw… - … UK, August 20-23, 2012 13, 2012 - Springer
In hostile environments at CERN and other similar scientific facilities, having a reliable
mobile robot system is essential for successful execution of robotic missions and to avoid …

Energy efficient dynamic window approach for local path planning in mobile service robotics

C Henkel, A Bubeck, W Xu - IFAC-papersonline, 2016 - Elsevier
An energy efficient local path planner for navigation of omnidirectional battery-powered
mobile robots in dynamic environments is presented in this paper. The proposed algorithm …

Intelligent power management: Promoting power-consciousness in teams of mobile robots

A Kottas, A Drenner… - 2009 IEEE International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Effective robotic autonomy requires an accurate estimation of the remaining power that the
robot is carrying. There are a number of methods to estimate the remaining capacity of the …

Distributed multi-robot-trailer scheduling based on communication between charging stations for robot being towed to recharge

Y Deng, T Li, M Xie, S Zhang - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is necessary for robot-trailer to tow robot to the charging station for recharging when the
robot fails, or the battery cannot support the robot to the charging station. However, the delay …

Selecting Suitable Battery Technologies for Untethered Robot

T Verstraten, MS Hosen, M Berecibar, B Vanderborght - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Untethered robots carry their own power supply in the form of a battery pack, which has a
crucial impact on the robot's performance. Although battery technologies are richly studied …

[HTML][HTML] Scheduling heterogeneous multi-load AGVs with battery constraints

QV Dang, N Singh, I Adan, T Martagan… - Computers & Operations …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent trends towards larger and more complex systems necessitate the use of
heterogeneous and flexible automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to fulfill the transport …

Multirobot rendezvous planning for recharging in persistent tasks

N Mathew, SL Smith… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses a multirobot scheduling problem in which autonomous unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) must be recharged during a long-term mission. The proposal is to …