Cooperative multi-UAV coverage mission planning platform for remote sensing applications

SD Apostolidis, PC Kapoutsis, AC Kapoutsis… - Autonomous …, 2022 - Springer
This paper proposes a novel mission planning platform, capable of efficiently deploying a
team of UAVs to cover complex-shaped areas, in various remote sensing applications …

Multi-UAV coverage path planning for the inspection of large and complex structures

W Jing, D Deng, Y Wu… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a multi-UAV Coverage Path Planning (CPP) framework for the inspection of
large-scale, complex 3D structures. In the proposed sampling-based coverage path …

Safety-Aware Perception for Autonomous Collision Avoidance in Dynamic Environments

RM Bena, C Zhao, Q Nguyen - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous collision avoidance requires accurate environmental perception; however,
flight systems often possess limited sensing capabilities with field-of-view (FOV) restrictions …

A voronoi diagram-based workspace partition for weak cooperation of multi-robot system in orchard

J Kim, HI Son - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, multi-robot systems are being utilized to perform agricultural tasks. It is
particularly essential to robotize pesticide spraying because of the risk of poisoning workers …

Distributed coverage hole prevention for visual environmental monitoring with quadcopters via nonsmooth control barrier functions

R Funada, M Santos, R Maniwa… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a distributed coverage control strategy for quadcopters equipped with
downward-facing cameras that prevents the appearance of unmonitored areas in between …

A multiplicatively weighted voronoi-based workspace partition for heterogeneous seeding robots

J Kim, C Ju, HI Son - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multi-robot systems (MRSs) are currently being used to perform agricultural tasks. In this
regard, the deployment of heterogeneous MRSs will be essential for achieving more efficient …

Boundary node detection in wireless networks with uneven node distribution on open surfaces

L Wei, W Huang, W Zhao, X Wu, X Zheng - Journal of Network and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Boundary node detection is essential in various application scenarios of wireless networks.
However, most previous solutions are only suitable for planar networks with densely and …

Improving time and energy efficiency in multi-UAV coverage operations by optimizing the UAVs' initial positions

A Stefanopoulou, EK Raptis, SD Apostolidis… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
This paper focuses on Coverage Path Planning (CPP) methodologies, particularly in the
context of multi-robot missions, to efficiently cover user-defined Regions of Interest (ROIs) …

一种面向无人机群区域协同覆盖的深度强化学习方法# br

姜波, 梁晨阳, 梅杰, 马广富 - 空间控制技术与应用, 2022 - journal01.magtech.org.cn
In the Mars exploration mission, in order to ensure that the rover can obtain large scale
surface information, the drone group carried by the rover needs to be able to effectively …

Autonomous Multiple Robots Exploration using Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm

N Seenu, KC Ramanathan… - 2022 3rd International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiple robots exploration is an emerging research area in Robotics. Autonomous robotic
exploration in natural or manmade disaster areas speeds up the search and rescue …