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Multi-robot Online Coverage with a Team of Resource-Constrained Micro Aerial Vehicles

Wälti, Lucas  
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Erunsal, I. Kagan  
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Martinoli, Alcherio  
Nilles, Alexandra
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Petersen, Kirstin H.
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2026
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems - 17th International Symposium
17th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems

We present a novel coordination scheme for online multi-robot coverage with a team of resource-constrained aerial vehicles relying on the PH-tree data structure. We propose a hybrid system architecture where coverage tasks are assigned to robots in a centralized manner, and individual robots plan their paths cooperatively in a distributed fashion. In this way, robots can focus only on local path planning tasks, while a ground station ensures coordination among the team. We show the applicability of our method to various objects and quantitatively evaluate the performance of our solution for various robot team sizes.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1007/978-3-032-04584-3_14
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105021995260

Author(s)
Wälti, Lucas  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Erunsal, I. Kagan  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Martinoli, Alcherio  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Editors
Nilles, Alexandra
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Petersen, Kirstin H.
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Lam, Tin Lun
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Prorok, Amanda
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Rubenstein, Michael
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Otte, Michael
Date Issued

2026

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published in
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems - 17th International Symposium
DOI of the book
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04584-3
ISBN of the book

978-3-032-04583-6

978-3-032-04769-4

Series title/Series vol.

Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics; 34

ISSN (of the series)

2511-1264

2511-1256

Start page

192

End page

209

Subjects

coverage

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inspection

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micro aerial vehicle

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multi-robot system

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rotary-wing

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REVIEWED

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Event nameEvent acronymEvent placeEvent date
17th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems

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New York, NY, USA

2024-10-28 - 2024-10-30

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November 24, 2025
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/256247
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