An Improved Dual Neural Network Method Based on Levy Flight for Multi-Robot Cooperative Area Coverage Search in 3D Unknown Environments

The research on multi-robot collaborative search in unknown 3D environments, based on bio-inspired neural networks, holds significant value and importance.However, challenges arise in 3D environments, including excessive turning and vertical movement, as well as the potential for collisions between robots. In response, we propose an improved Glasius Bio-Inspired Neural Network(GBNN) that mitigates decision conflicts among robots and considers the impact of turning and vertical movement on robot decision-making. Furthermore, to address the issue of robots getting trapped in local deadlocks during the search process, we present a dual neural network algorithm based on Levy flights. In the method Dual Glasius Bio-Inspired Neural Network based on Levy Flight(LF-DUAL-GBNN) proposed in this paper, robots obtain random target points through Levy flights and are then guided by a dual neural network to navigate to the vicinity of the target points, thus breaking free from local deadlock states. Finally, we conducted simulation experiments to validate the algorithm’s effectiveness.