Corresponding author: Diane Sekou A. K., PhD, Assistance, MIREA, Moscow, 119 454, Russian Federation, e-mail: sekoudiane1990@gmail.com

Received on May 25, 2016
Accepted on June 01, 2016

The article provides an overview of tools and methods of man-machine interface for special types of robotic systems. It continues the series of previous publications on multi-robot systems that can provide a cooperative solution to the specified task. Although most multi-robot systems research is centered around the problems of group control, it is obvious that the effectiveness of such systems will be determined by the capabilities of man-machine interface designed to interact with them. In this article we show the evolution of man-machine interfaces starting from manually controlled robots and finishing with autonomous robots. We also discuss a variety of approaches to implementation of such interfaces. From the analysis of modern interfaces functional capabilities we offer the construction principles of man-machine interface for multi-agent robotic systems. These principles are based on complex automatization of information preprocessing for a multi-robot systems at every stage of their operation; intellectualization of decision-making process; software modularity and unification. The structure and composition of software and algorithmic tools for multi-robot group's task description are justified including the systems responsible for information input/output; task scenario model formation; agents number estimation; task planning; multi-robot system modelling; information gathering and interpretation. Supervising software is presented that controls the coordinated functioning of man-machine interface subsystems. The results of the simulation are given including the task scenario formation and its execution monitoring.

Keywords: autonomous robot, multi-agent robotic system, man-machine interface

Acknowledgements: Work is executed under the project number 16-29-04379 RFBR

For citation:
Lokhin V. M., Manko S. V., Alexandrova R. I., Romanov M. P., Diane S. A. K. Man-Machine Interface for Autonomous Robots and Multi-Agent Robotic Systems, Mekhatronika, Avtomatizatsiya, Upravlenie, 2016, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 606—614.

DOI: 10.17587/mau.17.606-614

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