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Main Authors: Hoorfar, Hamid, Fathi, Faraneh, Largani, Sara Moshtaghi, Bagheri, Alireza
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10093
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author Hoorfar, Hamid
Fathi, Faraneh
Largani, Sara Moshtaghi
Bagheri, Alireza
author_facet Hoorfar, Hamid
Fathi, Faraneh
Largani, Sara Moshtaghi
Bagheri, Alireza
contents The protection of pathways holds immense significance across various domains, including urban planning, transportation, surveillance, and security. This article introduces a groundbreaking approach to safeguarding pathways by employing orthogonal robots. The study specifically addresses the challenge of efficiently guarding orthogonal areas with the minimum number of orthogonal robots. The primary focus is on orthogonal pathways, characterized by a path-like dual graph of vertical decomposition. It is demonstrated that determining the minimum number of orthogonal robots for pathways can be achieved in linear time. However, it is essential to note that the general problem of finding the minimum number of robots for simple polygons with general visibility, even in the orthogonal case, is known to be NP-hard. Emphasis is placed on the flexibility of placing robots anywhere within the polygon, whether on the boundary or in the interior.
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spellingShingle Securing Pathways with Orthogonal Robots
Hoorfar, Hamid
Fathi, Faraneh
Largani, Sara Moshtaghi
Bagheri, Alireza
Robotics
Machine Learning
The protection of pathways holds immense significance across various domains, including urban planning, transportation, surveillance, and security. This article introduces a groundbreaking approach to safeguarding pathways by employing orthogonal robots. The study specifically addresses the challenge of efficiently guarding orthogonal areas with the minimum number of orthogonal robots. The primary focus is on orthogonal pathways, characterized by a path-like dual graph of vertical decomposition. It is demonstrated that determining the minimum number of orthogonal robots for pathways can be achieved in linear time. However, it is essential to note that the general problem of finding the minimum number of robots for simple polygons with general visibility, even in the orthogonal case, is known to be NP-hard. Emphasis is placed on the flexibility of placing robots anywhere within the polygon, whether on the boundary or in the interior.
title Securing Pathways with Orthogonal Robots
topic Robotics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10093