Exploration and mapping with groups of robots: Recent trends

A Quattrini Li - Current Robotics Reports, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Coordinated multi-agent exploration, rendezvous, & task allocation in unknown environments with limited connectivity

L Bramblett, R Peddi, N Bezzo - 2022 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The lack of communication between agents in a multi-robot system is often regarded as a
limiting factor that can affect and delay cooperative exploration and exploitation of cluttered …

Generating task reallocation suggestions to handle contingencies in human-supervised multi-robot missions

S Al-Hussaini, JM Gregory… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a mission with significant uncertainty due to intermittent communications, delayed
information flow, and robotic failures, the role of human supervisors is extremely …

Epistemic prediction and planning with implicit coordination for multi-robot teams in communication restricted environments

L Bramblett, S Gao, N Bezzo - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In communication restricted environments, a multi-robot system can be deployed to either: i)
maintain constant communication but potentially sacrifice operational efficiency due to …

Maximizing the probability of task completion for redundant robots experiencing locked joint failures

B Xie, AA Maciejewski - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article considers the problem of planning a trajectory that maximizes the probability that
a robot will be able to complete a set of point-to-point tasks, after experiencing locked joint …

Generating alerts to assist with task assignments in human-supervised multi-robot teams operating in challenging environments

S Al-Hussaini, JM Gregory, Y Guan… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a mission with considerable uncertainty due to intermittent communications, degraded
information flow, and failures, humans need to assess both the current and expected future …

Robust online epistemic replanning of multi-robot missions

L Bramblett, B Miloradovic, P Sherman… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
As Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) become more affordable and computing capabilities grow,
they provide significant advantages for complex applications such as environmental …

Epistemic Planning for Heterogeneous Robotic Systems

L Bramblett, N Bezzo - 2023 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In applications such as search and rescue or disaster relief, heterogeneous multi-robot
systems (MRS) can provide significant advantages for complex objectives that require a …

Heuristics-based multi-agent task allocation for resilient operations

JM Gregory, S Al-Hussaini… - 2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-Agent Task Allocation is a pre-requisite for many autonomous, real-world systems
because of the need for intelligent task assignment amongst a team for maximum efficiency …

An alert-generation framework for improving resiliency in human-supervised, multi-agent teams

S Al-Hussaini, JM Gregory, S Shriyam… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
Human-supervision in multi-agent teams is a critical requirement to ensure that the decision-
maker's risk preferences are utilized to assign tasks to robots. In stressful complex missions …