In cooperative transport systems, multiple robots work together to transport objects that are difficult to transport with a single robot. In recent years, multi-robot systems that cooperate to transport objects have been researched. However, during the transfer of objects, misalignment occurs between the ideal and actual grasp positions. In an automatic transport system, a grasping error can cause an error in the trajectory of the object, significantly reducing the transport efficiency. In this paper, a control system that allows robust cooperative transport control using a model error compensator is proposed for a leader–follower system in which the transported object is the virtual leader and the followers are ideally arranged. This system adds robustness to the operation of a conventional cooperative transport system by using the ideal formation of robots. The effectiveness of the proposed method was evaluated through cooperative transport experiments using two ideal formations for passing through a narrow entrance. The cooperative transport system could not pass through the narrow entrance using the conventional method; however, the system using the compensator passed through the narrow entrance smoothly.
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