Autonomous tracking using a swarm of UAVs: A constrained multi-agent reinforcement learning approach

YJ Chen, DK Chang, C Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we aim to design an autonomous tracking system for a swarm of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) to localize a radio frequency (RF) mobile target. In the system, UAVs …

Decision-Theoretic Approaches for Robotic Environmental Monitoring--A Survey

Y Sung, J Das, P Tokekar - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.02698, 2023 - arxiv.org
Robotics has dramatically increased our ability to gather data about our environments. This
is an opportune time for the robotics and algorithms community to come together to …

Vector field based control of quadrotor uavs for wildfire boundary monitoring

L Feng, J Katupitiya - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2022 - Springer
Accurate real-time information about an ongoing wildfire event is important for realizing
effective and safe wildfire fighting. This paper is intended to solve the problem of guiding …

On UAV source seeking with complex dynamic characteristics and multiple constraints: A cooperative standoff monitoring mode

M Zhang, H Wang, J Wu - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Aiming at the source-seeking problem with complex dynamic characteristics and multiple
constraints in a three-dimensional (3-D) environment, a cooperative standoff monitoring …

A distributed active perception strategy for source seeking and level curve tracking

S Al-Abri, F Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Algorithms for multiagent systems to locate a source or to follow a desired level curve of
spatially distributed scalar fields generally require sharing field measurements among the …

A Survey of Decision-Theoretic Approaches for Robotic Environmental Monitoring

Y Sung, Z Chen, J Das, P Tokekar - Foundations and Trends® …, 2023 - nowpublishers.com
Robotics has dramatically increased our ability to gather data about our environments,
creating an opportunity for the robotics and algorithms communities to collaborate on novel …

Cooperative and robust object handling by multiple manipulators based on the differential equation approximator

A Izadbakhsh, N Nikdel, A Deylami - ISA transactions, 2022 - Elsevier
The problem of transporting a rigid object by a team of robotic arms is studied in this article.
The study aims to enable manipulators to move the object in the desired and predefined …

FAT-based robust adaptive control of cooperative multiple manipulators without velocity measurement

A Deylami, A Izadbakhsh - Robotica, 2022 - cambridge.org
This article addresses the problem of pose and force control in a cooperative system
comprised of multiple n-degree-of-freedom (n-DOF) electrically driven robotic arms that …

Bubble Plume Tracking Using a Backseat Driver on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

J Hwang, N Bose, G Millar, C Bulger, G Nazareth - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have been applied in various scientific missions
including oceanographic research, bathymetry studies, sea mine detection, and marine …

Predefined‐time control of cooperative manipulators

AJ Muñoz‐Vázquez… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A cooperative controller that enforces an exact sliding motion in predefined‐time, assuring
cooperativeness, and stable manipulation, is proposed in this article. Alternatively, a …