Algorithms for heterogeneous, multiple depot, multiple unmanned vehicle path planning problems

K Sundar, S Rathinam - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2017 - Springer
Unmanned vehicles, both aerial and ground, are being used in several monitoring
applications to collect data from a set of targets. This article addresses a problem where a …

Shortest Dubins paths to intercept a target moving on a circle

S Gupta Manyam, DW Casbeer, A Von Moll… - Journal of Guidance …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
We present a path planning problem for a pursuing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to
intercept a target traveling on a circle. The target is cooperative, and its position, heading …

Path planning and energy management of hybrid air vehicles for urban air mobility

SG Manyam, DW Casbeer, S Darbha… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel coupled path planning and energy management problem for a hybrid unmanned air
vehicle is considered, where the hybrid vehicle is powered by a dual gas/electric system …

Unsupervised learning‐based flexible framework for surveillance planning with aerial vehicles

J Faigl, P Váňa, R Pěnička, M Saska - Journal of Field Robotics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The herein studied problem is motivated by practical needs of our participation in the
Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) 2017 in which a team of …

Optimal dubins paths to intercept a moving target on a circle

SG Manyam, D Casbeer, A Von Moll… - 2019 American Control …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a path planning problem for a pursuer to intercept a cooperating target traveling
on a circle. The pursuer considered here has limited yaw rate, and therefore its path should …

Shortest Dubins path to a circle

SG Manyam, D Casbeer, AL Von Moll… - AIAA scitech 2019 …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
The Dubins path planning problem has enormous applications in path planning for
autonomous vehicles. In this paper, we consider a generalization of the Dubins path …

Heuristics and Learning Models for Dubins MinMax Traveling Salesman Problem

A Nayak, S Rathinam - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses a MinMax variant of the Dubins multiple traveling salesman problem
(mTSP). This routing problem arises naturally in mission planning applications involving …

Optimal path planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for targets touring: Geometric and arc parameterization approaches

M Forkan, MM Rizvi, MAM Chowdhury - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The path planning problem for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is important for scheduling
the UAV missions. This paper presents an optimal path planning model for UAV to control its …

A branch-and-price algorithm for a team orienteering problem with fixed-wing drones

K Sundar, S Sanjeevi, C Montez - EURO Journal on Transportation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper formulates a team orienteering problem with multiple fixed-wing drones and
develops a branch-and-price algorithm to solve the problem to optimality. Fixed-wing …

Near-optimal path planning for a car-like robot visiting a set of waypoints with field of view constraints

S Rathinam, SG Manyam… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter considers two variants of a shortest path problem for a car-like robot visiting a set
of waypoints. The sequence of waypoints to be visited is specified in the first variant while …