Student Research Abstract: Coordination of Marine Multi-Robot Systems with Communication Constraints

This article focuses on the coordination and communication aspects of Marine Multi-Robot Systems (MMRS). A new MMRS coordination approach is proposed where a heterogeneous group of marine vehicles must explore an unknown area and communicate the gathered information to a central agent. This article proposes a task allocation method to coordinate the vehicles and decide when and how to communicate. Different allocation optimization algorithms are proposed in order determine which strategy produces optimal results.