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New EARS-Info system enhances multi-robot exploration on OpenStreetMap grids

Researchers have developed EARS-Info, an advanced system for multi-robot exploration that optimizes navigation and data collection. This new approach, detailed in an arXiv paper, integrates several features including marginal sensing gain, feasible relocation, and return-aware routing. In extensive simulations across various city maps, EARS-Info demonstrated superior performance compared to existing methods, achieving higher operational scores, significantly increasing discovery rates, and reducing energy consumption, even under conditions with communication dropouts. AI

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New EARS-Info system enhances multi-robot exploration on OpenStreetMap grids

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Kabeh Mohsenzadegan, Vahid Tavakkoli, Kyandoghere Kyamakya ·

    EARS-Info: Information-Aware Event-Driven Reallocation for Multi-Robot Exploration

    arXiv:2610.38040v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce EARS-Info, an information-aware extension of Event-Driven Ant Reallocation Search for multi-robot exploration on OpenStreetMap-derived grids. It combines marginal sensing gain, feasible relocation, return-aware routin…