Towards a Unifying Information Theoretic Framework for Multi-Robot Exploration and Surveillance
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Brian J. Julian∗†, Michael Angermann‡, Martin Frassl‡, Michael Lichtenstern‡, and Daniela Rus∗ ∗Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA [email protected] and [email protected] †Engineering Division MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02420, USA ∗Institute of Communications and Navigation DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany {michael.angermann, martin.frassl, m.lichtenstern}@dlr.de
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