2018/01/26 by Anoop Aroor, Aroor, Anoop, Susan L. Epstein +3 · 2 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · #Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing #Robotics (cs.RO) #Traffic control and management
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1801.08823
openalex publication_date 2018/01/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
While effective navigation in large, crowded environments is essential for an autonomous robot, preliminary testing of algorithms to support it requires simulation across a broad range of crowd scenarios. Most available simulation tools provide either realistic crowds without robots or realistic robots without realistic crowds. This paper introduces MengeROS, a 2-D simulator that realistically integrates multiple robots and crowds. MengeROS provides a broad range of settings in which to test the capabilities and performance of navigation algorithms designed for large crowded environments.