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The article shows that the Random Walk and Edge Counting algorithms allow to solve – under some constraints – the Multi-Robot Uniform Frequency Coverage problem, i.e., the problem of repeatedly visiting a set of locations in the environment with uniform frequency. Both algorithms have extremely low requirements in terms of computational power and memory storage, and do not require inter-robot communication. Their properties are described in details and formally demonstrated.
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Baglietto, M., Cannata, G., Capezio, F., Sgorbissa, A. (2009). Multi-Robot Uniform Frequency Coverage of Significant Locations in the Environment. In: Asama, H., Kurokawa, H., Ota, J., Sekiyama, K. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00644-9_1
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