arXiv:2601.00580cs.ROcs.AI2026-01被引 4

让机器人优先覆盖重要区域,同时保持整体效率

Priority-Aware Multi-Robot Coverage Path Planning

  • 分两阶段规划:先分配优先区域,再生成路径
  • 优先区域覆盖率提升40%以上,整体耗时接近最优
  • 可调权重控制覆盖策略,适合应急巡检等场景

多机器人系统广泛应用于大范围覆盖任务,传统多机器人路径规划(MCPP)目标是通过生成无重叠路径来最小化完成时间。但现有方法假设区域重要性均等,难以应对部分区域需快速响应的场景。本文提出优先级感知的MCPP(PA-MCPP)问题,指定部分区域为高优先级,目标是以字典序最小化区域覆盖的加权延迟总和与整体完成时间。为此,我们设计了一个可扩展的两阶段框架:第一阶段采用贪心区域分配结合局部搜索与基于生成树的路径规划;第二阶段利用斯坦纳树引导剩余区域覆盖。在多种场景下的实验表明,该方法相比标准MCPP基线显著降低优先级加权延迟,同时保持有竞争力的整体完成时间。敏感性分析显示,该方法在机器人数量增加时仍具良好扩展性,且通过调整优先级权重可有效控制覆盖行为。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Multi-robot systems are widely used for coverage tasks that require efficient coordination across large environments. In Multi-Robot Coverage Path Planning (MCPP), the objective is typically to minimize the makespan by generating non-overlapping paths for full-area coverage. However, most existing methods assume uniform importance across regions, limiting their effectiveness in scenarios where some zones require faster attention. We introduce the Priority-Aware MCPP (PA-MCPP) problem, where a subset of the environment is designated as prioritized zones with associated weights. The goal is to minimize, in lexicographic order, the total priority-weighted latency of zone coverage and the overall makespan. To address this, we propose a scalable two-phase framework combining (1) greedy zone assignment with local search, spanning-tree-based path planning, and (2) Steiner-tree-guided residual coverage. Experiments across diverse scenarios demonstrate that our method significantly reduces priority-weighted latency compared to standard MCPP baselines, while maintaining competitive makespan. Sensitivity analyses further show that the method scales well with the number of robots and that zone coverage behavior can be effectively controlled by adjusting priority weights.

多机器人路径规划优先级

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