DisCoverage: A new paradigm for multi-robot exploration

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 929-934

  Haumann, A Dominik ^a   Listmann, Kim D ^a   Willert, Volker ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION-FREE PATHS; COVERAGE PROBLEM; EXPLORATION TASKS; INFORMATION GAIN; MULTI-ROBOT EXPLORATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; TARGET POINT; VORONOI PARTITION;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; OPTIMIZATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955804586     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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