A Visibility-based Algorithm for Multi-robot Boundary Coverage

Cell decomposition is often used in autonomous area coverage. We propose a visibility-based decomposition algorithm for single robot boundary coverage and a corresponding multi-robot algorithm in unknown environment. A graph data structure is exploited for completeness of coverage and incremental de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Linan Jiao, Zhenmin Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-11-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
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Online Access:http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/a_visibility-based_algorithm_for_multi-robot_boundary_coverage