Distributed multi-robot patrol: A scalable and fault-tolerant framework

D Portugal, RP Rocha - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the Multi-Robot Patrolling Problem, where agents must coordinate
their actions while continuously deciding which place to move next after clearing their …

Cooperative multi-robot patrol with Bayesian learning

D Portugal, RP Rocha - Autonomous Robots, 2016 - Springer
Patrolling indoor infrastructures with a team of cooperative mobile robots is a challenging
task, which requires effective multi-agent coordination. Deterministic patrol circuits for …

Multi-robot patrolling algorithms: examining performance and scalability

D Portugal, RP Rocha - Advanced Robotics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper the problem of patrolling an environment with a dynamic team of robots is
targeted. Lately, the interest of the research community has been focused in the …

A ROS-based framework for simulation and benchmarking of multi-robot patrolling algorithms

D Portugal, L Iocchi, A Farinelli - Robot Operating System (ROS) The …, 2019 - Springer
Experiments with teams of mobile robots in the physical world often represent a challenging
task due to the complexity involved. One has to make sure that the robot hardware …

Multi-agent patrolling in dynamic environments

M Othmani-Guibourg… - … on agents (ICA), 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For over a decade, the multi-agent patrolling task has received attention from the multi-agent
community. A range of algorithms based on reactive and cognitive architectures has been …

Applying Bayesian learning to multi-robot patrol

D Portugal, MS Couceiro… - 2013 IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Performing a patrolling mission with multiple mobile robots is a challenging task that
requires effective coordination between agents. While predefined patrol circuits may lead to …

Emergence of divisional cooperation with negotiation and re-learning and evaluation of flexibility in continuous cooperative patrol problem

A Sugiyama, V Sea, T Sugawara - Knowledge and Information Systems, 2019 - Springer
We propose a learning and negotiation method to enhance divisional cooperation and
demonstrate its flexibility for adapting to environmental changes in the context of the multi …

Learning and relearning of target decision strategies in continuous coordinated cleaning tasks with shallow coordination1

K Yoneda, A Sugiyama, C Kato… - Web …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
We propose a method of autonomous learning of target decision strategies for coordination
in the continuous cleaning domain. With ongoing advances in computer and sensor …

Reducing the range of perception in multi-agent patrolling strategies

P Azevedo Sampaio, R da Silva Sousa… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Multi-Agent Patrolling Problems consist in moving agents throughout a graph in
order to optimize a collective performance metric. Some strategies from the literature tackle …

Path Generation with LSTM Recurrent Neural Networks in the context of the Multi-agent Patrolling

M Othmani-Guibourg… - 2018 IEEE 30th …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a conceptually simple new decentralised and non-communicating strategy for
the multi-agent patrolling based on the LSTM architecture. The recurrent neural networks …