Complete multi-robot coverage of unknown environments with minimum repeated coverage

SS Ge, CH Fua - Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics …, 2005ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an algorithm for the complete multi-robot coverage of a connected space with
unknown obstacles is presented. The proposed algorithm mainly operates by maintaining,
as far as possible, small uncovered regions between covered areas and obstacles. In
addition, the bounds on the amount of repeated coverage and time required for complete
coverage are also investigated. Furthermore, it is shown that repeated coverage can occur
only around regions where the paths between obstacles are less than twice the width of the …
In this paper, an algorithm for the complete multi-robot coverage of a connected space with unknown obstacles is presented. The proposed algorithm mainly operates by maintaining, as far as possible, small uncovered regions between covered areas and obstacles. In addition, the bounds on the amount of repeated coverage and time required for complete coverage are also investigated. Furthermore, it is shown that repeated coverage can occur only around regions where the paths between obstacles are less than twice the width of the robots’ coverage range. This property holds even when the robots have no a priori knowledge of the environment, and therefore helps to prevent unnecessary wastage of time and resources.
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