简介:Thispaperaddressestheproblemofcoordinatingmultiplemobilerobotsinsearchingforandcapturingamobiletarget,withtheaimofreducingthecapturetime.Comparedwiththepreviousalgorithms,weassumethatthetargetcanbedetectedbyanyrobotandcapturedsuccessfullybytwoormorerobots.Inthispaper,weassumethateachrobothasalimitedcommunicationrange.Wemaintaintherobotswithinamobilenetworktoguaranteethesuccessfulcapture.Inaddition,themotionofthetargetismodeledandincorporatedintodirectingthemotionoftherobotstoreducethecapturetime.Acoordinationalgorithmconsideringbothaspectsisproposed.Thisalgorithmcangreatlyreducetheexpectedtimeofcapturingthemobiletarget.Finally,wevalidatethealgorithmbythesimulationsandexperiments.