Development of Distributed Robotic Lighting Systems

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26560017
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Maizuru National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MUROMAKI TAKAO 舞鶴工業高等専門学校, 機械工学科, 講師 (80631572)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MINAMI Yuki 大阪大学, 大学院工学研究科, 講師 (00548076)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: LED照明 / 照度分布 / 点灯パターン / 照射角度制御 / パン・チルト機構 / 分散制御

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This paper focuses on distributed robotic lighting systems composed of multiple LED lights with a pan-tilt mechanism and a distributed controller. For the system, we consider the PWM type lighting and the control of pan-tilt angles such that the actual illuminance distribution is similar to a desired one. We first propose a distributed optimization algorithm for determining lighting patterns. Then, we formulate the design problem of distributed controllers which determines pan-tilt angles of LED lights by using the information on desired illuminance distributions. Furthermore, we propose distributed controllers based on the idea of a coverage control method. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed through simulation and experiments with the developed system.

Free Research Field

システム工学