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Robot map verification of a graph world

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Abstract

In the map verification problem, a robot is given a (possibly incorrect) map M of the world G with its position and orientation indicated on the map. The task is to find out whether this map, for the given robot position and orientation in the map, is correct for the world G. We consider the world model with a graph G = (V G,E G) in which, for each vertex, edges incident to the vertex are ordered cyclically around that vertex. This holds similarly for the map M = (V M,E M). The robot can traverse edges and enumerate edges incident on the current vertex, but it cannot distinguish vertices and edges from each other. To solve the verification problem, the robot uses a portable edge marker, that it can put down and pick up as needed. The robot can recognize the edge marker when it encounters it in G. By reducing the verification problem to an exploration problem, verification can be completed in O(|V G| × |E G|) edge traversals (the mechanical cost) with the help of a single vertex marker which can be dropped and picked up at vertices of the graph world [DJMW1],[DSMW2]. In this paper, we show a strategy that verifies a map in O(|V M|) edge traversals only, using a single edge marker, when M is a plane embedded graph, even though G may not be (e.g., G may contain overpasses, tunnels, etc.). © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAlgorithms and Data Structures - 6th International Workshop, WADS 1999, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages86-97
Volume1663
ISBN (Print)3540662790, 9783540662792
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, WADS 1999 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 11 Aug 199914 Aug 1999

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1663
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference6th International Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, WADS 1999
PlaceCanada
CityVancouver
Period11/08/9914/08/99

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