首次完整揭示双机器人系统的计算能力边界。
Two-Robot Computational Landscape: A Complete Characterization of Model Power in Minimal Mobile Robot Systems
- 通过无模拟的新方法构建双机器人层级结构。
- 发现完全同步下FSTA与LUMI等价,记忆通信可互换。
- 适用于研究最小规模机器人协同的学者。
自主移动机器人在看-计算-移动(LCM)模型下的计算能力已通过一系列包含记忆、通信和同步假设的机器人模型层次广泛研究。尽管一般n机器人情形的框架已基本确立,但双机器人情形的确切结构长期未解。本文首次完整刻画了双机器人在主流模型(OBLOT、FSTA、FCOM、LUMI)下,所有调度器(FSYNCH、SSYNCH、ASYNCH及其原子变体)中的计算能力。结果表明,其结构与普遍情况根本不同:我们证明在完全同步下,FSTA^F与LUMI^F等价,显示完美同步可替代记忆与通信;同时证明FSTA与FCOM正交——存在仅在最弱通信模型中可解的问题,却在最强有限状态模型中不可解,完成双向不可比性。所有等价与分离关系均基于新颖的无模拟方法推导,提供统一且构造性的双机器人层级视角。本工作首次给出双机器人精确完整的计算景观,凸显极小规模协调的内在挑战。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The computational power of autonomous mobile robots under the Look-Compute-Move (LCM) model has been widely studied through an extensive hierarchy of robot models defined by the presence of memory, communication, and synchrony assumptions. While the general n-robot landscape has been largely established, the exact structure for two robots has remained unresolved. This paper presents the first complete characterization of the computational power of two autonomous robots across all major models, namely OBLOT, FSTA, FCOM, and LUMI, under the full spectrum of schedulers (FSYNCH, SSYNCH, ASYNCH, and their atomic variants). Our results reveal a landscape that fundamentally differs from the general case. Most notably, we prove that FSTA^F and LUMI^F coincide under full synchrony, a surprising collapse indicating that perfect synchrony can substitute both memory and communication when only two robots exist. We also show that FSTA and FCOM are orthogonal: there exists a problem solvable in the weakest communication model but impossible even in the strongest finite-state model, completing the bidirectional incomparability. All equivalence and separation results are derived through a novel simulation-free method, providing a unified and constructive view of the two-robot hierarchy. This yields the first complete and exact computational landscape for two robots, highlighting the intrinsic challenges of coordination at the minimal scale.
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