Scalable coverage path planning of multi-robot teams for monitoring non-convex areas

L Collins, P Ghassemi, ET Esfahani… - … on Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel multi-robot coverage path planning (CPP) algorithm-aka
SCoPP-that provides a time-efficient solution, with workload balanced plans for each robot …

Multi-robot task allocation in disaster response: Addressing dynamic tasks with deadlines and robots with range and payload constraints

P Ghassemi, S Chowdhury - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper tackles a class of multi-robot task allocation (MRTA) problems called “Single-
Task Robots and Single-Robot Tasks” or SR–ST problems, subject to the following …

Active sensing for search and tracking: A review

L Varotto, A Cenedese, A Cavallaro - arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.02381, 2021 - arxiv.org
Active Position Estimation (APE) is the task of localizing one or more targets using one or
more sensing platforms. APE is a key task for search and rescue missions, wildlife …

A hybrid PSO algorithm for multi-robot target search and decision awareness

JT Ebert, F Berlinger, B Haghighat… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Groups of robots can be tasked with identifying a location in an environment where a feature
cue is past a threshold, then disseminating this information throughout the group–such as …

Learning robot swarm tactics over complex adversarial environments

A Behjat, H Manjunatha, PK Kumar… - … symposium on multi …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To accomplish complex swarm robotic missions in the real world, one needs to plan and
execute a combination of single robot behaviors, group primitives such as task allocation …

Partitioned active learning for heterogeneous systems

C Lee, K Wang, J Wu, W Cai… - … of Computing and …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Active learning is a subfield of machine learning that focuses on improving the data
collection efficiency in expensive-to-evaluate systems. Active learning-applied surrogate …

Learning to Allocate Time-Bound and Dynamic Tasks to Multiple Robots Using Covariant Attention Neural Networks

S Paul, S Chowdhury - Journal of Computing and …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In various applications of multi-robotics in disaster response, warehouse management, and
manufacturing, tasks that are known a priori and tasks added during run time need to be …

A penalized batch-Bayesian approach to informative path planning for decentralized swarm robotic search

P Ghassemi, M Balazon, S Chowdhury - Autonomous Robots, 2022 - Springer
Swarm-robotic approaches to search and target localization, where target sources emit a
spatially varying signal, promise unparalleled time efficiency and robustness. With most …

A Balanced Approach of Rapid Genetic Exploration and Surrogate Exploitation for Hyperparameter Optimization

C Kim, I Joe - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a novel approach to hyperparameter optimization (HPO), proposing a
methodology that balances exploration and exploitation to enhance optimization …

Efficient Concurrent Design of the Morphology of Unmanned Aerial Systems and their Collective-Search Behavior

C Zeng, P KrisshnaKumar, J Witter… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The collective operation of robots, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating as a
team or swarm, is affected by their individual capabilities, which in turn is dependent on their …