Restricted Communication in Online Multi-Robot Exploration

Restricted Communication in Online Multi-Robot Exploration

Elizabeth A. Jensen

Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Doctoral Consortium. Pages 5767-5768. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2018/827

This research presents novel algorithms for online multi-robot exploration to achieve full coverage of unknown environments. The focus has been on using small teams of basic robots with limited capabilities and restricted communication. We show the performance compared to other algorithms through simulation and physical robot experiments. We also conducted theoretical analysis to show the algorithms provide a guarantee of full coverage.
Keywords:
Robotics and Vision: Multi-Robot Systems
Agent-based and Multi-agent Systems: Coordination and cooperation