Survey on coverage path planning with unmanned aerial vehicles

TM Cabreira, LB Brisolara, FJ Paulo R - Drones, 2019 - mdpi.com
Coverage path planning consists of finding the route which covers every point of a certain
area of interest. In recent times, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been employed in …

Optimal drone placement and cost-efficient target coverage

D Zorbas, LDP Pugliese, T Razafindralambo… - Journal of Network and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Observing mobile or static targets in the ground using flying drones is a common task for
civilian and military applications. We introduce the minimum cost drone location problem …

Markov chain–based stochastic strategies for robotic surveillance

X Duan, F Bullo - Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
This article surveys recent advancements in strategy designs for persistent robotic
surveillance tasks, with a focus on stochastic approaches. The problem describes how …

Distributed control of multirobot systems with global connectivity maintenance

L Sabattini, C Secchi, N Chopra… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study introduces a control algorithm that, exploiting a completely decentralized
estimation strategy for the algebraic connectivity of the graph, ensures the connectivity …

A survey of 3D Space Path-Planning Methods and Algorithms

H Mazaheri, S Goli, A Nourollah - ACM Computing Surveys, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Due to their agility, cost-effectiveness, and high maneuverability, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) have attracted considerable attention from researchers and investors alike. Path …

Modelling the mobile target covering problem using flying drones

L Di Puglia Pugliese, F Guerriero, D Zorbas… - Optimization …, 2016 - Springer
This paper addresses the mobile targets covering problem by using unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs). It is assumed that each UAV has a limited initial energy and the energy …

Persistent monitoring in discrete environments: Minimizing the maximum weighted latency between observations

S Alamdari, E Fata, SL Smith - The International Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we consider the problem of planning a path for a robot to monitor a known set
of features of interest in an environment. We represent the environment as a graph with …

Integrated guidance and gimbal control for coverage planning with visibility constraints

S Papaioannou, P Kolios… - … on Aerospace and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Coverage path planning with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a core task for many
services and applications including search and rescue, precision agriculture, infrastructure …

Cooperative multi-robot patrol with Bayesian learning

D Portugal, RP Rocha - Autonomous Robots, 2016 - Springer
Patrolling indoor infrastructures with a team of cooperative mobile robots is a challenging
task, which requires effective multi-agent coordination. Deterministic patrol circuits for …

Cooperative patrolling via weighted tours: Performance analysis and distributed algorithms

F Pasqualetti, JW Durham… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on the problem of patrolling an environment with a team of autonomous
agents. Given a set of strategically important locations (viewpoints) with different priorities …