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In this paper we study the Near-Gathering problem for a finite set of dimensionless, deterministic, asynchronous, anonymous, oblivious and autonomous mobile robots with limited visibility moving in the Euclidean plane in Look-Compute-Move…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-05-28 Linda Pagli , Giuseppe Prencipe , Giovanni Viglietta

We consider the problem of constructing a maximum independent set with mobile myopic luminous robots on a grid network whose size is finite but unknown to the robots. In this setting, the robots enter the grid network one-by-one from a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Sayaka Kamei , Sébastien Tixeuil

In this paper, we consider the gathering problem of seven autonomous mobile robots on triangular grids. The gathering problem requires that, starting from any connected initial configuration where a subgraph induced by all robot nodes…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Masahiro Shibata , Masaki Ohyabu , Yuichi Sudo , Junya Nakamura , Yonghwan Kim , Yoshiaki Katayama

The Arbitrary Pattern Formation problem asks for a distributed algorithm that moves a set of autonomous mobile robots to form any arbitrary pattern given as input. The robots are assumed to be autonomous, anonymous and identical. They…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-08 Kaustav Bose , Manash Kumar Kundu , Ranendu Adhikary , Buddhadeb Sau

A group of wheeled robots with nonholonomic constraints is considered to rendezvous at a common specified setpoint with a desired orientation while maintaining network connectivity and ensuring collision avoidance within the robots. Given…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-02-25 Zhen Kan , Justin Klotz , Eduardo L. Pasiliao , John M. Shea , Warren E. Dixon

We consider two mobile oblivious robots that evolve in a continuous Euclidean space. We require the two robots to solve the rendezvous problem (meeting in finite time at the same location, not known beforehand) despite the possibility that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Quentin Bramas , Anissa Lamani , Sébastien Tixeuil

Anonymous mobile robots are often classified into synchronous, semi-synchronous and asynchronous robots when discussing the pattern formation problem. For semi-synchronous robots, all patterns formable with memory are also formable without…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-11-08 Taisuke Izumi , Samia Souissi , Yoshiaki Katayama , Nobuhiro Inuzuka , Xavier Défago , Koichi Wada , Masafumi Yamashita

We investigate exploration algorithms for autonomous mobile robots evolving in uniform ring-shaped networks. Different from the usual Look-Compute-Move (LCM) model, we consider two characteristics: myopia and luminosity. Myopia means each…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-11 Fukuhito Ooshita , Sébastien Tixeuil

We consider a swarm of mobile robots evolving in a bidimensional Euclidean space. We study a variant of the crash-tolerant gathering problem: if no robot crashes, robots have to meet at the same arbitrary location, not known beforehand, in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-08 Quentin Bramas , Anissa Lamani , Sébastien Tixeuil

Given a set of $n\geq 1$ unit disk robots in the Euclidean plane, we consider the Pattern Formation problem, i.e., the robots must reposition themselves to form a given target pattern. This problem arises under obstructed visibility, where…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Rusul J. Alsaedi , Joachim Gudmundsson , André van Renssen

We consider n robots with limited visibility: each robot can observe other robots only up to a constant distance denoted as the viewing range. The robots operate in discrete rounds that are either fully synchronous (FSync) or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-27 Jannik Castenow , Thorsten Götte , Till Knollmann , Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide

We consider the problem of filling an unknown area represented by an arbitrary connected graph of $n$ vertices by mobile luminous robots. In this problem, the robots enter the graph one-by-one through a specific vertex, called the Door, and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-13 Attila Hideg , Tamas Lukovszki

We present a non-technical overview of the results obtained by the authors (2015) concerning the so-called robot rendezvous problem studied by Feintuch and Francis (2012). In particular, we present a necessary and sufficient condition for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-14 L. Paunonen , D. Seifert

This work addresses the gathering problem for a set of autonomous, anonymous, and homogeneous robots with limited visibility operating in a continuous circle. The robots are initially placed at distinct positions, forming a rotationally…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Avisek Sharma , Satakshi Ghosh , Buddhadeb Sau

This work focuses on the following question related to the Gathering problem of $n$ autonomous, mobile robots in the Euclidean plane: Is it possible to solve Gathering of robots that do not agree on any axis of their coordinate systems…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Jannik Castenow , Jonas Harbig , Daniel Jung , Till Knollmann , Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide

In-Motion physical coupling of multiple mobile ground robots has the potential to enable new applications like in-motion transfer that improves efficiency in handling and transferring goods, which tackles current challenges in logistics. A…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-24 Lars Fischer , Daniel Flögel , Sören Hohmann

We study a recently introduced \textit{unconscious} mobile robot model, where each robot is associated with a \textit{color}, which is visible to other robots but not to itself. The robots are autonomous, anonymous, oblivious and silent,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Prajyot Pyati , Navjot Kaur , Saswata Jana , Adri Bhattacharya , Partha Sarathi Mandal

We consider a strong variant of the crash fault-tolerant gathering problem called stand-up indulgent gathering (SUIG), by robots endowed with limited visibility sensors and lights on line-shaped networks. In this problem, a group of mobile…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-01-10 Quentin Bramas , Hirotsugu Kakugawa , Sayaka Kamei , Anissa Lamani , Fukuhito Ooshita , Masahiro Shibata , Sébastien Tixeuil

In this study, we explore efficient simulation implementations to demonstrate computational equivalence across various models of autonomous mobile robot swarms. Our focus is on Rsynch, a scheduler designed for energy-restricted robots,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Keita Nakajima , Kaito Takase , Koichi Wada

Rendezvous aims at gathering all robots at a specific location, which is an important collaborative behavior for multi-robot systems. However, in an unknown environment, it is challenging to achieve rendezvous. Previous researches mainly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Kun Song , Gaoming Chen , Wenhang Liu , Zhenhua Xiong