The next chapter of the robotics revolution is well underway with the deployment of robots for
a broad range of commercial use cases. Even in a myriad of applications and environments …

Socially aware robot navigation is gaining popularity with the increase in delivery and
assistive robots. The research is further fueled by a need for socially aware navigation skills …

Abstract Behavior Trees (BTs) were invented as a tool to enable modular AI in computer
games, but have received an increasing amount of attention in the robotics community in the …

Abstract The Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) is rapidly impacting the intelligent
machines sector—on space missions, large agriculture equipment, multi-robot fleets, and …

Developments in the field of mobile robotics and autonomous driving have resulted in the
use of robots and vehicles in retail stores, hospitals, warehouses, on the roads, and on …

Confined and subterranean areas are common in many civilian and industrial sites,
although they are hazardous for humans given the presence of noxious gases, extreme …

Robots are commonly subject to real-time constraints. To ensure that such constraints are
met, recent work has analyzed the response times of processing chains under ROS 2, a …

Advancing maturity in mobile and legged robotics technologies is changing the landscapes
where robots are being deployed and found. This innovation calls for a transformation in …

There is a growing interest in Behavior Trees (BTs) as a tool to describe and implement
robot behaviors. BTs were devised in the video game industry and their adoption in robotics …

The accelerated deployment of service robots have spawned a number of algorithm
variations to better handle real-world conditions. Many local trajectory planning techniques …