System and method of guiding a plurality of agents for complete coverage of an inspection area

A multi-agent visual navigation system for guiding a plurality of agents for complete coverage of an inspection area, the multi-agent navigation system comprises:

• a plurality of signalling units configured with display;
• a memory communicatively coupled with at least one processor, storing instructions which on execution causes the processor to:
• provide first navigational instructions to the plurality of agents to reach a corresponding signalling unit of the plurality of signalling units associated with the inspection area;
• record pass-by information associated with an agent at the corresponding signalling unit of the plurality of signalling units upon reaching the corresponding signalling unit by the agent of the plurality of agents, wherein the pass-by information is recorded by:
• recording of pass-by event of the agent by capturing agent identity (ID) from the agent, and recording a corresponding time-stamp for the agent;
• and
• receiving path information associated with the agent at the corresponding signalling unit, wherein the path information comprises at least one of one or more previously traversed signalling units by the agent, previously received navigational instructions, details of designated signalling unit, and time-stamps associated with the one of one or more previously traversed signalling units by the agent;
• determine second navigational instructions for the agent of the plurality of agents to traverse a proximal signalling unit of the plurality of signalling units for complete coverage of the inspection area,
• wherein determining second navigational instructions for the agent comprises predicting the proximal signalling unit to be traversed by the agent based on pass-by information associated with the plurality of agents obtained at the plurality of signalling units and a pre-determined proximity associated with the plurality of signalling units;
• provide the second navigational instructions to the plurality of agents at the corresponding signalling unit for subsequent traversal of each of the proximal signalling units of the plurality of signalling units by at least one agent of the plurality of agents.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing processor-executable instructions for:

• providing first navigational instructions to the plurality of agents to reach a corresponding signalling unit of a plurality of signalling units associated with the inspection area;
• upon reaching the corresponding signalling unit by an agent of the plurality of agents, recording pass-by information associated with the agent at the corresponding signalling unit of the plurality of signalling units, wherein the recording of the pass-by information comprises:
• recording of pass-by event of the agent by capturing agent identity (ID) from the agent, and recording a corresponding time-stamp for the agent;
• and
• receiving path information associated with the agent at the corresponding signalling unit, wherein the path information comprises at least one of one or more previously traversed signalling units by the agent, previously received navigational instructions, details of designated signalling unit, and time-stamps associated with the one of one or more previously traversed signalling units by the agent;
• determining second navigational instructions for the agent of the plurality of agents to traverse a proximal signalling unit of the plurality of signalling units,
• wherein determining the second navigational instructions for the agent comprises predicting the proximal signalling unit to be traversed by the agent based on pass-by information associated with the plurality of agents obtained at the plurality of signalling units and a pre-determined proximity associated with each pair of the plurality of signalling units;
• and
• providing the second navigational instructions to the plurality of agents at the corresponding signalling unit for subsequent traversal of each of the proximal signalling units of the plurality of signalling units by at least one agent of the plurality of agents.