Abstract:Algorithms for multi-agent systems to locate a source or to follow a desired level curve of spatially distributed scalar fields generally require sharing field measurements among the agents for gradient estimation. Yet, in this paper, we propose a distributed active perception strategy that enables swarms of various sizes and graph structures to perform source seeking and level curve tracking without the need to explicitly estimate the field gradient or explicitly share measurements. The proposed method utiliz… Show more
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