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Experimental Investigation of Relative Localization Estimation in a Coordinated Formation Control of Low-Cost
Thierry Soriano1, Hoang Anh Pham1,2, Valentin Gies2
1COSMER Laboratory, University of Toulon, 83041 Toulon, France.
Abstract:
This study presents a relative localization estimation method for a group of low-cost underwater drones (l-UD), which only uses visual feedback provided by an on-board camera and IMU data. It aims to design a distributed controller for a group of robots to reach a specific shape. This controller is based on a leader-follower architecture. The main contribution is to determine the relative position between the l-UD without using digital communication and sonar positioning methods. In addition, the proposed implementation of the EKF to fuse the vision data and the IMU data improves the prediction capability in cases where the robot is out of view of the camera. This approach allows the study and testing of distributed control algorithms for low-cost underwater drones. Finally, three robot operating system (ROS) platform-based BlueROVs are used in an experiment in a near-realistic environment. The experimental validation of the approach has been obtained by investigating different scenarios.
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