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Understanding greediness in map-predictive exploration planning
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems, Robotics, Perception and Learning, RPL.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8640-1056
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems, Robotics, Perception and Learning, RPL.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4815-9689
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems, Robotics, Perception and Learning, RPL.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1170-7162
2021 (English)In: 2021 10th European Conference on Mobile Robots, ECMR 2021 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2021Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In map-predictive exploration planning, the aim is to exploit a-priori map information to improve planning for exploration in otherwise unknown environments. The use of map predictions in exploration planning leads to exacerbated greediness, as map predictions allow the planner to defer exploring parts of the environment that have low value, e.g., unfinished corners. This behavior is undesirable, as it leaves holes in the explored space by design. To this end, we propose a scoring function based on inverse covisibility that rewards visiting these low-value parts, resulting in a more cohesive exploration process, and preventing excessive greediness in a map-predictive setting. We examine the behavior of a non-greedy map-predictive planner in a bare-bones simulator, and answer two principal questions: a) how far beyond explored space should a map predictor predict to aid exploration, i.e., is more better; and b) does shortest-path search as the basis for planning, a popular choice, cause greediness. Finally, we show that by thresholding covisibility, the user can trade-off greediness for improved early exploration performance.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2021.
Keywords [en]
Economic and social effects, Covisibility, Exploration process, Performance, Predictive exploration, Scoring functions, Shortest path searches, Thresholding, Trade off, Unknown environments, Forecasting
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Robotics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-313229DOI: 10.1109/ECMR50962.2021.9568793ISI: 000810510000010Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85118981841OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-313229DiVA, id: diva2:1663407
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10th European Conference on Mobile Robots, ECMR 2021, 31 August 2021 through 3 September 2021, Virtual, Bonn, Germany
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Part of proceedings: ISBN 978-166541213-1

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Available from: 2022-06-02 Created: 2022-06-02 Last updated: 2022-08-08Bibliographically approved

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