Comparative study of multi-robot area exploration algorithms

In this paper, different Multirobot exploration algorithms and their comparison has been presented. These algorithms, which have been taken into consideration, are dependent on different parameters. Collectively there are five parameters Minimum distance, Minimum time, Cooperation for avoiding collision, Low cost communication and Optimization of the path for effective mapping and localization. It is worth mentioning here that each parameter itself opens new doors of exploration field. Therefore comparison of performance of multirobot area exploration algorithms has been done on the basis of minimum distance and minimum time only. The paper also provides the detailed description regarding use of a particular multi-robot algorithm in a specific circumstance. Keywords— Multi-Robot, Mapping, Localization, path-planning, Spanning Tree Coverage, Particle Swarm Optimization, Simultaneously Localizations and Mapping.