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  1. Rajsbaum, Sergio; Balliu, Alkida; Daymude, Joshua J.; Olivetti, Dennis (Ed.)
    We address the problem of designing a distributed algorithm for two robots that sketches the boundary of an unknown shape. Critically, we assume a certain amount of delay in how quickly our robots can react to external feedback. In particular, when a robot moves, it commits to move along path of length at least λ, or turn an amount of radians at least λ for some positive λ ≤ (1/2)^6, that is normalized based on a unit diameter shape. Then, our algorithm outputs a polygon that is an ϵ-sketch, for ϵ = 8λ^(1/2), in the sense that every point on the shape boundary is within distance ϵ of the output polygon. Moreover, our costs are asymptotically optimal in two key criteria for the robots: total distance travelled and total amount of rotation. Additionally, we implement our algorithm, and illustrate its output on some specific shapes. 
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