International Journal of Networking and Computing
Online ISSN : 2185-2847
Print ISSN : 2185-2839
ISSN-L : 2185-2839
Special Issue on Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computational Models 2021
Visibility-optimal gathering of seven autonomous mobile robots on triangular grids
Masahiro ShibataMasaki OhyabuYuichi SudoJunya NakamuraYonghwan KimYoshiaki Katayama
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2022 年 12 巻 1 号 p. 2-25

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In this paper, we consider the gathering problem of seven autonomous mobile robots on triangular grids. The gathering problem requires that, starting from any connected initial configuration where a subgraph induced by all robot nodes (nodes where a robot exists) constitutes one connected graph, robots reach a configuration such that the maximum distance between two robots is minimized. For the case of seven robots, gathering is achieved when one robot has six adjacent robot nodes (they form a shape like a hexagon). In this paper, we aim to clarify the relationship between the capability of robots and the solvability of the gathering problem on a triangular grid. In particular, we focus on visibility range of robots. To discuss the solvability of the problem in terms of the visibility range, we consider strong assumptions except for visibility range. Concretely, we assume that robots are fully synchronous and they agree on the direction and orientation of the $x$-axis, and chirality on the triangular grid. In this setting, we first consider the weakest assumption about visibility range, i.e., robots with visibility range 1. In this case, we show that there exists no collision-free algorithm to solve the gathering problem. Next, we extend the visibility range to 2. In this case, we show that our algorithm can solve the problem from any connected initial configuration. Thus, the proposed algorithm is optimal in terms of visibility range.
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