Multi-robot Cooperative Systems for Exploration: Advances in Dealing with Constrained Communication Environments

2016 XIII Latin American Robotics Symposium and IV Brazilian Robotics Symposium (LARS/SBR) ◽

10.1109/lars-sbr.2016.37 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Facundo Benavides ◽

Pablo Monzon ◽

Caroline P. Carvalho Chanel ◽

Eduardo Grampin

Keyword(s):

Cooperative Systems ◽

Communication Environments ◽

Multi Robot

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Trust-Based Information Propagation on Multi-robot Teams in Noisy Low-Communication Environments

Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems - Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-05816-6_17 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 239-250

Author(s):

Kenneth Bowers ◽

Laura Strickland ◽

Gregory Cooke ◽

Charles Pippin ◽

Theodore P. Pavlic

Keyword(s):

Information Propagation ◽

Robot Teams ◽

Communication Environments ◽

Multi Robot

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Multi-robot task allocation with auctions in harsh communication environments

2017 International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS) ◽

10.1109/mrs.2017.8250928 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Michael Otte ◽

Michael Kuhlman ◽

Donald Sofge

Keyword(s):

Task Allocation ◽

Communication Environments ◽

Robot Task ◽

Multi Robot

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Formulation and Implementation of Relational Behaviours for Multi-robot Cooperative Systems

RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-540-32256-6_47 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 516-523 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Bob van der Vecht ◽

Pedro Lima

Keyword(s):

Cooperative Systems ◽

Multi Robot

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A distributed real-time system framework design for multi-robot cooperative systems using real-time CORBA

Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control ISIC-03 ◽

10.1109/isic.2003.1254737 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

I. Song ◽

F. Karray ◽

F. Guedea

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Cooperative Systems ◽

System Framework ◽

Time System ◽

Real Time System ◽

Framework Design ◽

Multi Robot

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An Auto-Adaptive Multi-Objective Strategy for Multi-Robot Exploration of Constrained-Communication Environments

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app9030573 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 573 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Facundo Benavides ◽

Caroline Ponzoni Carvalho Chanel ◽

Pablo Monzón ◽

Eduardo Grampín

Keyword(s):

Main Part ◽

Mobile Robotics ◽

Complete Coverage ◽

Multi Objective ◽

Exploration Time ◽

Robot Systems ◽

Communication Environments ◽

Autonomous Mobile Robotics ◽

Selection Of ◽

Multi Robot

The exploration problem is a fundamental subject in autonomous mobile robotics that deals with achieving the complete coverage of a previously unknown environment. There are several scenarios where completing exploration of a zone is a main part of the mission. Due to the efficiency and robustness brought by multi-robot systems, exploration is usually done cooperatively. Wireless communication plays an important role in collaborative multi-robot strategies. Unfortunately, the assumption of stable communication and end-to-end connectivity may be easily compromised in real scenarios. In this paper, a novel auto-adaptive multi-objective strategy is followed to support the selection of tasks regarding both exploration performance and connectivity level. Compared with others, the proposed approach shows effectiveness and flexibility to tackle the multi-robot exploration problem, being capable of decreasing the last of disconnection periods without noticeable degradation of the completion exploration time.

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