<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An important prerequisite for creation of an autonomous robot is the ability to create the map of the environment. While the use of robot teams becomes more and more widely used, the  issue of robot coordination becomes one of the central questions to be addressed. If multiple robots are used for the exploration of the environment, their collected information has to be fused into one general global map. This problem is called map merging. In the case, when more than two robots map the environment, it is possible that the order of map merging can influence the quality of the result - the global map. However, most researches in the map merging field address the problem as if the recommended order of map merging were known. The goal of this paper is to prove that the merging order can greatly influence the resulting global map and discuss the consequences this knowledge makes in the mapping process. </p></abstract>

An important prerequisite for creation of an autonomous robot is the ability to create the map of the environment. While the use of robot teams becomes more and more widely used, the  issue of robot coordination becomes one of the central questions to be addressed. If multiple robots are used for the exploration of the environment, their collected information has to be fused into one general global map. This problem is called map merging. In the case, when more than two robots map the environment, it is possible that the order of map merging can influence the quality of the result - the global map. However, most researches in the map merging field address the problem as if the recommended order of map merging were known. The goal of this paper is to prove that the merging order can greatly influence the resulting global map and discuss the consequences this knowledge makes in the mapping process.

The influence of the map merging order on the resulting global map in multi-robot mapping

Applied Computer Systems

An important prerequisite for creation of an autonomous robot is the ability to create the map of the environment. While the use of robot teams becomes more...

The influence of the map merging order on the resulting global map in multi-robot mapping

Published Online: Nov 08, 2012

Page range: 22 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10312-012-0003-5

Keywords
- Map merging, robotic mapping, Hough Transform, conceptual model

This content is open access.

The influence of the map merging order on the resulting global map in multi-robot mapping

Published Online: Nov 08, 2012

Page range: 22 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10312-012-0003-5

Keywords- Map merging, robotic mapping, Hough Transform, conceptual model

This content is open access.

Keywords
- Map merging, robotic mapping, Hough Transform, conceptual model