Multi-Robot Exploration with Strictly Limited Communication
- 指導教授 黃漢邦 博士 研究生 黃柔丰 - Advisor :Dr.Han-Pang
Huang Student : Jou-Feng Huang Abstract:
The main objective of this thesis is to develop a frontier-based multi-robot exploration structure with strictly limited communication. Generally, robots explore unknown areas without communication; therefore, this study aims to improve the future possibility of these robots coming into contact with one another in order to avoid overlap. First, a two-robot exploration strategy, which is the foundation of multi-robot exploration structures, is proposed. Various frontier properties, such as frontier tree tracking and frontier area, are described to assist the robot in understanding the present situation. Then, the meeting-oriented goal assignment (MOGA) is proposed to provide smooth frontier exploration orders for the two robots. This is followed by the development of the meeting-oriented frontier search (MOFS), which is aimed to make robots determine the balance between deep exploration and meeting-point approach. Rules are also summed up to complete the two-robot exploration structure. Next, the two-robot structure is extended to a multi-robot exploration structure by dividing the robots into several two-robot groups. In a given communication process, each robot has one identity, assigned from several possibilities: Full Team (FT), One Teamer (OT), Not Teamer (NT), and Not-Meeting Robot (NMR). The NMR information tracking and the OT goal assignment are proposed to ensure possible meetings of team members. MOGA for teams is developed to assign left frontiers to FT and NT, in order for each team to identify its own goals. Finally, a rejection force term is added to the multi-robot MOFS to avoid the overlap of teams. Three maps are used in the simulation environment. The strategy is compared with the “coordinated” algorithm and better results are observed. The proposed strategy performs satisfactorily, even if the environment has become larger. A real-world two-robot exploration is also implemented after solving a number of practical problems, such as map merging and wireless communication.
中文摘要: 本文主要目的在設計多機器人處於嚴苛限制通訊下的環境探索機制,由於機器人在探索過程中很少有通訊的機會,因此我們將重點放在如何增加機器人相遇的機會以避免重複探索。
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