Method and system for conflict management of multiple mobile robots

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a system for conflict management of multiple mobile robots, belonging to the field of robots. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining the current position and the planning path of each mobile robot of a plurality of mobile robots, wherein a predetermined area comprises a plurality of node areas; determining one path section condition of the position where each mobile robot is located at present, wherein each path section condition comprises one bending path section or one linear path section; and distributing node areas with corresponding quantity adjacent to the current positions of the mobile robots to the mobile robots according to the path section conditions, wherein the number of the node areas corresponding to the bending path sections is larger than the number of the node areas corresponding to the linear path sections, and the mobile robots are configured to only pass through from the distributed node areas.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of robots, in particular to a conflict management method and system for multiple mobile robots. Background technique [0002] Deploying multiple mobile robots in a dense area (such as a logistics warehouse area) and using these mobile robots to complete tasks such as handling goods to replace manual labor is the current research focus in the field of the Internet of Things. [0003] In order to avoid collisions between multiple mobile robots in dense areas during operation, the following two different processing schemes are generally adopted at present: First, the robots have good conflict resolution capabilities through the current local environment information of the robots ; The second is centralized management conflict resolution, which mainly eliminates conflicts by segmenting the robot's motion path. [0004] However, the inventors of the present application found that there are at least the following defects i...

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[0004] However, the inventors of the present application found that there are at least the following defects in the above-mentioned prior art during the practice of the present application: First, although the distributed method is simple in operation, strong in real-time and flexible, it is often prone to local extremes due to the occurrence of local extremes It is impossible to complete the task completely; secondly, the centralized management method can execute the task more accurately, but it is very easy to cause conflicts in the running path of the robot. Usually, it is necessary to find the optimal solution, but the calculation is large and the real-time performance is poor. It will not take into account the characteristics of the planned path, but due to the uncertainty of the turning angle of the mobile robot passing the curve, the conditions for the mobile robot to execute the curve and the straight road are all calculated uniformly, which will cause the mobile robot to occur near the curve. Path conflicts, for which the industry is still unable to come up with a better solution

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