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This paper introduces three strategies to deploy a swarm of robots in unknown environments for a search task, aiming to reduce the total swarm energy cost with rapid operation for applications such as disaster mitigation. We are motivated by current research on flying robot swarms [10].
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Stirling, T., Floreano, D. (2010). Energy Efficient Swarm Deployment for Search in Unknown Environments. In: Dorigo, M., et al. Swarm Intelligence. ANTS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6234. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15461-4_61
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