Parallel and Distributed Map Merging and Localization: Algorithms, Tools and Strategies for Robotic Networks

This work examines the challenges of distributed map merging and localization in multi—robot systems, which enables robots to acquire the knowledge of their surroundings needed to carry out coordinated tasks. After identifying the main issues associated with this problem, each chapter introduces a different distributed strategy for solving them.

In addition to presenting a review of distributed algorithms for perception in localization and map merging, the text also provides the reader wit...