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Main Authors: Guo, Zuyi, Zheng, Ronghao, Liu, Meiqin, Zhang, Senlin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09596
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author Guo, Zuyi
Zheng, Ronghao
Liu, Meiqin
Zhang, Senlin
author_facet Guo, Zuyi
Zheng, Ronghao
Liu, Meiqin
Zhang, Senlin
contents To address the challenge of efficient coverage by multi-robot systems in non-convex regions with multiple obstacles, this paper proposes a coverage control method based on the Generalized Voronoi Graph (GVG), which has two phases: Load-Balancing Algorithm phase and Collaborative Coverage phase. In Load-Balancing Algorithm phase, the non-convex region is partitioned into multiple sub-regions based on GVG. Besides, a weighted load-balancing algorithm is developed, which considers the quality differences among sub-regions. By iteratively optimizing the robot allocation ratio, the number of robots in each sub-region is matched with the sub-region quality to achieve load balance. In Collaborative Coverage phase, each robot is controlled by a new controller to effectively coverage the region. The convergence of the method is proved and its performance is evaluated through simulations.
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spellingShingle A Generalized Voronoi Graph based Coverage Control Approach for Non-Convex Environment
Guo, Zuyi
Zheng, Ronghao
Liu, Meiqin
Zhang, Senlin
Robotics
To address the challenge of efficient coverage by multi-robot systems in non-convex regions with multiple obstacles, this paper proposes a coverage control method based on the Generalized Voronoi Graph (GVG), which has two phases: Load-Balancing Algorithm phase and Collaborative Coverage phase. In Load-Balancing Algorithm phase, the non-convex region is partitioned into multiple sub-regions based on GVG. Besides, a weighted load-balancing algorithm is developed, which considers the quality differences among sub-regions. By iteratively optimizing the robot allocation ratio, the number of robots in each sub-region is matched with the sub-region quality to achieve load balance. In Collaborative Coverage phase, each robot is controlled by a new controller to effectively coverage the region. The convergence of the method is proved and its performance is evaluated through simulations.
title A Generalized Voronoi Graph based Coverage Control Approach for Non-Convex Environment
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09596