系统地总结了当前覆盖问题的定义、分类和应用前景.对多机器人覆盖中关于通信、环境地图、路径规划算法及效果评价等方面的研究进展情况进行了阐述.分析并指出若干多机器人覆盖研究中的重点和难点问题:体系结构、通信技术、协商协作、地图表示、路径规划及效果评价,并对未来的研究发展方向进行了探讨.
The definition, classification and application of coverage are summarized roundly: And the recent research results about multi-robots communication, robotic mapping, coverage path planning, algorithm performance evaluating in multi-robot coverage are also discussed. The main challenges and difficulties in this aspect are analyzed, such as multi-robots architecture, multi-robots communication, robotic mapping, path planning, task allocation, coverage path planning and algorithm performance evaluating. Finally, some future trends of this field are presented.