Abstract Purpose of Review Multi-robot exploration—ie, the problem of mapping unknown
features of an environment—is fundamental in many tasks, including search and rescue …

In large scale coverage operations, such as marine exploration or aerial monitoring, single
robot approaches are not ideal, as they may take too long to cover a large area. In such …

Physical sampling of water for off-site analysis is necessary for many applications like
monitoring the quality of drinking water in reservoirs, understanding marine ecosystems, and …

This paper explores the use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) equipped with
sensors to construct water quality models to aid in the assessment of important …

Using the characteristics of unmanned aerial vehicle/unmanned ground vehicle,
heterogeneous systems can accomplish many complex tasks cooperatively. Moving target …

This paper tackles the problem of constructing a communication map of a known
environment using multiple robots. A communication map encodes information on whether …

In this paper, we present an approach for coverage path planning for a team of an energy-
constrained Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) …

This article reports on a multirobot system that collaboratively obtains above-water, surface,
and below-water information on a floating target. This capability allows a ship to …

This paper reports on a method to obtain a multidomain (environment) awareness on a
floating target (non-responsive ship, iceberg, other floating structure) using a heterogeneous …

This paper addresses the problem of building a communication map of a known
environment using multiple robots. A communication map encodes whether two robots are …