arXiv:2509.07655cs.RO2025-09中稿 · ICRA被引 3

地空协作机器人通过任务驱动压缩地图,提升未知环境探索效率。

Collaborative Exploration with a Marsupial Ground-Aerial Robot Team through Task-Driven Map Compression

  • 地空机器人分工协作,空中机飞往高价值区域探测。
  • 压缩率高达90%仍保留关键细节,通信量减少85%以上。
  • 适合大范围复杂场景的智能巡检与救援任务。

高效探索未知环境对自主机器人至关重要,尤其在通信受限的狭小或大规模场景中。为此,本文提出一种针对袋鼠式地空机器人团队的协同探索框架,利用两类平台的互补优势。该框架采用基于图的路径规划算法,引导空中机器人前往其预期收益显著高于地面机器人的区域,如开阔空间或地面无法抵达的区域,从而最大化覆盖范围与探索效率。为支持大规模空间信息共享,提出一种带宽高效的、任务驱动的地图压缩策略,使各机器人可在高压缩率下重建具有特定分辨率的体素地图,同时保留探索关键细节。通过选择性压缩与共享核心数据,有效降低通信开销,确保协作路径规划中的地图融合效果。仿真与真实实验验证了该方法在提升探索效率的同时显著减少数据传输的能力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Efficient exploration of unknown environments is crucial for autonomous robots, especially in confined and large-scale scenarios with limited communication. To address this challenge, we propose a collaborative exploration framework for a marsupial ground-aerial robot team that leverages the complementary capabilities of both platforms. The framework employs a graph-based path planning algorithm to guide exploration and deploy the aerial robot in areas where its expected gain significantly exceeds that of the ground robot, such as large open spaces or regions inaccessible to the ground platform, thereby maximizing coverage and efficiency. To facilitate large-scale spatial information sharing, we introduce a bandwidth-efficient, task-driven map compression strategy. This method enables each robot to reconstruct resolution-specific volumetric maps while preserving exploration-critical details, even at high compression rates. By selectively compressing and sharing key data, communication overhead is minimized, ensuring effective map integration for collaborative path planning. Simulation and real-world experiments validate the proposed approach, demonstrating its effectiveness in improving exploration efficiency while significantly reducing data transmission.

协同探索地图压缩地空协作

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