Define the start

I have recently taken a FYP project, the title is Multi-robot system design and implementation. For this project my responsibilities start from purchasing the robot kits until robots become real intelligent robots that can perform some given tasks.

The assumed task condition is like a group of mobile robots are randomly allocated in an unknown area, the area has limited boundary and may contain some obstacles. The robots should be finally programmed to have ability to find their way out to gather at certain desired place in that area; ability to plan their path and avoid collisions; ability to communicate with each peer robot and the server through wireless network; ability to from a line and move alone a line, from a circle and move surround a circle.



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From medicine to military, machines finally arrive By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.comMarch 10, 2004 4:00 AM PT

The robots are coming. And when they get here, they will take out the trash. Mobile, intelligent robots that can perform tasks usually reserved for humans are starting to creep into mainstream society and could become a multibillion-dollar market in a few years.