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Moreover, maintaining the connectivity between agents in real and complex environments is an arduous task since the strength of the connection between two nodes (i.e., robots) can change rapidly in time or even disappear. This paper compares two autonomous and realistic marsupial strategies for initial deployment in unknown scenarios, in the context of swarm exploration: <jats:italic>Random<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Extended Spiral of Theodorus<\/jats:italic>. These are based on a hierarchical approach, in which exploring agents, named <jats:italic>scouts<\/jats:italic>, are autonomously deployed through explicit cooperation with supporting agents, denoted as <jats:italic>rangers<\/jats:italic>. Experimental results with a team of heterogeneous robots are conducted using both real and virtual robots. Results show the effectiveness of the methods, using a performance metric based on dispersion. 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