Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Ding, Tianyi, Zheng, Ronghao, Zhang, Senlin, Liu, Meiqin
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2025
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24067
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866908617021587456
author Ding, Tianyi
Zheng, Ronghao
Zhang, Senlin
Liu, Meiqin
author_facet Ding, Tianyi
Zheng, Ronghao
Zhang, Senlin
Liu, Meiqin
contents This work addresses the collaborative multi-robot autonomous online exploration problem, particularly focusing on distributed exploration planning for dynamically balanced exploration area partition and task allocation among a team of mobile robots operating in obstacle-dense non-convex environments. We present a novel topological map structure that simultaneously characterizes both spatial connectivity and global exploration completeness of the environment. The topological map is updated incrementally to utilize known spatial information for updating reachable spaces, while exploration targets are planned in a receding horizon fashion under global coverage guidance. A distributed weighted topological graph Voronoi algorithm is introduced implementing balanced graph space partitions of the fused topological maps. Theoretical guarantees are provided for distributed consensus convergence and equitable graph space partitions with constant bounds. A local planner optimizes the visitation sequence of exploration targets within the balanced partitioned graph space to minimize travel distance, while generating safe, smooth, and dynamically feasible motion trajectories. Comprehensive benchmarking against state-of-the-art methods demonstrates significant improvements in exploration efficiency, completeness, and workload balance across the robot team.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2510_24067
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Balanced Collaborative Exploration via Distributed Topological Graph Voronoi Partition
Ding, Tianyi
Zheng, Ronghao
Zhang, Senlin
Liu, Meiqin
Robotics
This work addresses the collaborative multi-robot autonomous online exploration problem, particularly focusing on distributed exploration planning for dynamically balanced exploration area partition and task allocation among a team of mobile robots operating in obstacle-dense non-convex environments. We present a novel topological map structure that simultaneously characterizes both spatial connectivity and global exploration completeness of the environment. The topological map is updated incrementally to utilize known spatial information for updating reachable spaces, while exploration targets are planned in a receding horizon fashion under global coverage guidance. A distributed weighted topological graph Voronoi algorithm is introduced implementing balanced graph space partitions of the fused topological maps. Theoretical guarantees are provided for distributed consensus convergence and equitable graph space partitions with constant bounds. A local planner optimizes the visitation sequence of exploration targets within the balanced partitioned graph space to minimize travel distance, while generating safe, smooth, and dynamically feasible motion trajectories. Comprehensive benchmarking against state-of-the-art methods demonstrates significant improvements in exploration efficiency, completeness, and workload balance across the robot team.
title Balanced Collaborative Exploration via Distributed Topological Graph Voronoi Partition
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24067