Lightweight Decentralized Neural Network-Based Strategies for Multi-Robot Patrolling

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Auteurs principaux: Ward, James C., McConville, Ryan, Hunt, Edmund R.
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Publié: 2024
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author Ward, James C.
McConville, Ryan
Hunt, Edmund R.
author_facet Ward, James C.
McConville, Ryan
Hunt, Edmund R.
contents The problem of decentralized multi-robot patrol has previously been approached primarily with hand-designed strategies for minimization of 'idlenes' over the vertices of a graph-structured environment. Here we present two lightweight neural network-based strategies to tackle this problem, and show that they significantly outperform existing strategies in both idleness minimization and against an intelligent intruder model, as well as presenting an examination of robustness to communication failure. Our results also indicate important considerations for future strategy design.
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spellingShingle Lightweight Decentralized Neural Network-Based Strategies for Multi-Robot Patrolling
Ward, James C.
McConville, Ryan
Hunt, Edmund R.
Robotics
The problem of decentralized multi-robot patrol has previously been approached primarily with hand-designed strategies for minimization of 'idlenes' over the vertices of a graph-structured environment. Here we present two lightweight neural network-based strategies to tackle this problem, and show that they significantly outperform existing strategies in both idleness minimization and against an intelligent intruder model, as well as presenting an examination of robustness to communication failure. Our results also indicate important considerations for future strategy design.
title Lightweight Decentralized Neural Network-Based Strategies for Multi-Robot Patrolling
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11916