OA-Bug: An Olfactory-Auditory Augmented Bug Algorithm for Swarm Robots in a Denied Environment

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Autores principales: Tan, Siqi, Zhang, Xiaoya, Li, Jingyao, Jing, Ruitao, Zhao, Mufan, Liu, Yang, Quan, Quan
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Publicado: 2022
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author Tan, Siqi
Zhang, Xiaoya
Li, Jingyao
Jing, Ruitao
Zhao, Mufan
Liu, Yang
Quan, Quan
author_facet Tan, Siqi
Zhang, Xiaoya
Li, Jingyao
Jing, Ruitao
Zhao, Mufan
Liu, Yang
Quan, Quan
contents Searching in a denied environment is challenging for swarm robots as no assistance from GNSS, mapping, data sharing, and central processing is allowed. However, using olfactory and auditory signals to cooperate like animals could be an important way to improve the collaboration of swarm robots. In this paper, an Olfactory-Auditory augmented Bug algorithm (OA-Bug) is proposed for a swarm of autonomous robots to explore a denied environment. A simulation environment is built to measure the performance of OA-Bug. The coverage of the search task can reach 96.93% using OA-Bug, which is significantly improved compared with a similar algorithm, SGBA. Furthermore, experiments are conducted on real swarm robots to prove the validity of OA-Bug. Results show that OA-Bug can improve the performance of swarm robots in a denied environment. Video: https://youtu.be/vj9cRiSm9eM.
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spellingShingle OA-Bug: An Olfactory-Auditory Augmented Bug Algorithm for Swarm Robots in a Denied Environment
Tan, Siqi
Zhang, Xiaoya
Li, Jingyao
Jing, Ruitao
Zhao, Mufan
Liu, Yang
Quan, Quan
Robotics
Multiagent Systems
Searching in a denied environment is challenging for swarm robots as no assistance from GNSS, mapping, data sharing, and central processing is allowed. However, using olfactory and auditory signals to cooperate like animals could be an important way to improve the collaboration of swarm robots. In this paper, an Olfactory-Auditory augmented Bug algorithm (OA-Bug) is proposed for a swarm of autonomous robots to explore a denied environment. A simulation environment is built to measure the performance of OA-Bug. The coverage of the search task can reach 96.93% using OA-Bug, which is significantly improved compared with a similar algorithm, SGBA. Furthermore, experiments are conducted on real swarm robots to prove the validity of OA-Bug. Results show that OA-Bug can improve the performance of swarm robots in a denied environment. Video: https://youtu.be/vj9cRiSm9eM.
title OA-Bug: An Olfactory-Auditory Augmented Bug Algorithm for Swarm Robots in a Denied Environment
topic Robotics
Multiagent Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.14007