多机器人在未知源数量下高效寻源,兼顾发现与定位。
Distributed Multi-robot Source Seeking in Unknown Environments with Unknown Number of Sources
- 混合控制器交替探索与利用,动态适应未知源数。
- 通过高斯过程拟合密度函数,环境划分提升搜索效率。
- 适合源数超机器人数的复杂场景,可融合现有算法。
我们提出一种新型分布式源寻踪框架DIAS,适用于源数量未知且可能超过机器人数量的多机器人系统。传统方法通常仅引导机器人寻找单一强源,难以全面识别所有潜在源。DIAS引入混合控制器,先检测源存在性,再交替进行数据采集探索和源定位利用。通过将环境划分为维诺单元,并基于高斯过程回归近似源密度函数,进一步提升搜索效率。该框架可与现有源寻踪算法集成。我们在模拟气体泄漏场景中对比了DIAS与DoSS、GMES等基线方法,当源数大于或等于机器人数量时,结果表明DIAS在源识别效率和环境密度估计精度上均优于基准方法。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
We introduce a novel distributed source seeking framework, DIAS, designed for multi-robot systems in scenarios where the number of sources is unknown and potentially exceeds the number of robots. Traditional robotic source seeking methods typically focused on directing each robot to a specific strong source and may fall short in comprehensively identifying all potential sources. DIAS addresses this gap by introducing a hybrid controller that identifies the presence of sources and then alternates between exploration for data gathering and exploitation for guiding robots to identified sources. It further enhances search efficiency by dividing the environment into Voronoi cells and approximating source density functions based on Gaussian process regression. Additionally, DIAS can be integrated with existing source seeking algorithms. We compare DIAS with existing algorithms, including DoSS and GMES in simulated gas leakage scenarios where the number of sources outnumbers or is equal to the number of robots. The numerical results show that DIAS outperforms the baseline methods in both the efficiency of source identification by the robots and the accuracy of the estimated environmental density function.
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