Low-cost implementation of multi-agent pursuit and detection

Multi robot systems have been a popular area of research for over a decade because of their speed and efficiency in completing tasks. The control of such systems relies heavily on complex algorithms running on high end embedded system or personal computers acting as central nodes. As a result, implementing such systems is expensive. Despite having a range of real world applications, the high cost proves to be a hindrance in the commercialization of the concept. In this paper, we propose a low-cost implementation of a novel algorithm with application to surveillance in ventilation systems. We demonstrate the working of the algorithm by building a two-robot system.