von A. Schürmann » 31.05.11 17:05 Optimized Rendezvous Strategy
“Vacancy for a Master Thesis Project”
Under some circumstances such as line-of-sight communication, an incremental
“Piecemeal” exploration approach must be followed by a team of robots. In this approach,
robots have to return periodically to an agreed rendezvous point to coordinate their
exploration. After that, robots schedule another rendezvous appointment.
Interrupting the exploration progress and traveling back to the agreed rendezvous point is
the common side effect of the rendezvous strategies. On the other hand, attending the
agreed rendezvous is important due to the coordination among robots. Based on that and
assuming the target workspace, which needs to be explored, is a graph-like:
How can robots mitigate the side effect of the rendezvous while maintaining the
coordination among them?
Target:
The aim of this research work is to develop an optimized rendezvous strategy by focusing
on mitigating the common side effect of the existence rendezvous strategies.
Problem Description
Procedures:
Each robot should weight its attendance to the agreed rendezvous. Thus, the robot can
decide either to attend it or not. However, this robot should meet the members of the
missing rendezvous appointment before the agreed rendezvous or after it.
Prerequisite to carry out this research work:
The candidate student should have the following competence:
1. Good mathematical skills
2. Good English skills
Contact Person:
Hamido Hourani
hamido.hourani@ifu.rwth-aachen.de
Beste Grüße
Alexander Schürmann