Auction based method for graphic-like maps inspection by multi-robot system in simulated and real environments

Nature teaches us how the collaboration between the members of a herd is an important aspect to ensure their survival as a group. Collaboration requires communication, but it may happen that it could not be established for some reason. In this context, members of the herd have to make decisions on their own, trying to do the best for the group. Inspired by this principle, we have designed a method to overcome the communication difficulties of the environment. The team members compete using their own decisions, and this competition affects the best possible way for the team to benefit.

► Coordination of an autonomous robotics team.
► Both real as simulated experiments.
► Communication for robot coordination is not guaranteed.
► A task must be accomplished by the robot team to evaluate the experiment.
► Real experiments have been done using small robots.