Motion Planning and Task Allocation for a Jumping Rover Team

Kai Chuen Tan,Myungjin Jung,Isaac Shyu,Changhuang Wan,Ran Dai,Kai Chuen Tan,Myungjin Jung,Isaac Shyu,Changhuang Wan,Ran Dai

This paper presents a cooperative robotic team composed of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) with hybrid operational modes to tackle the multiple traveling salesman problem (mTSP) with obstacles. The hybrid operational modes allow every UGV in the team to not only travel on a ground surface but also jump over obstacles. We name these UGVs jumping rovers. The jumping capability provides a flexible fo...