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Multi-Robot Exploration Controlled By A Market Economy

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 3016 - 3023, May, 2002

Abstract

This work presents a novel approach to efficient multi-robot mapping and exploration which exploits a market architecture in order to maximize information gain while minimizing incurred costs. This system is reliable and robust in that it can accommodate dynamic introduction and loss of team members in addition to being able to withstand communication interruptions and failures. Results showing the capabilities of our system on a team of exploring autonomous robots are given.

BibTeX

@conference{Zlot-2002-8421,
author = {Robert Michael Zlot and Anthony (Tony) Stentz and M. Bernardine Dias and Scott Thayer},
title = {Multi-Robot Exploration Controlled By A Market Economy},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
year = {2002},
month = {May},
editor = {IEEE},
volume = {3},
pages = {3016 - 3023},
keywords = {market architecture, multirobot coordination, multirobot exploration},
}