The use of aerial swarms to solve real-world problems has been increasing steadily,
accompanied by falling prices and improving performance of communication, sensing, and …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), as a recently emerging technology, enabled a
new breed of unprecedented applications in different domains. This technology's ongoing …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have undergone rapid developments in recent decades. This
has made them very popular for various military and civilian applications allowing us to …

The simultaneous control of multiple coordinated robotic agents represents an elaborate
problem. If solved, however, the interaction between the agents can lead to solutions to …

This paper proposes a novel robotic animal herding system based on a network of
autonomous barking drones. The objective of such a system is to replace traditional herding …

A single sheepdog can bring together and manoeuvre hundreds of sheep from one location
to another. Engineers and ecologists are fascinated by this sheepdog herding because of …

Consumer groups are pressuring modern farmers to be more efficient with a focus on better
animal welfare. Herding risks farmer lives, involves stress from farm dogs, and if not …

A multi-player reach-avoid differential game with autonomous aerial robots in the three
dimensional space is studied. Two pursuers form a team to guard a target against an evader …

The robotic shepherding problem has earned significant research interest over the last few
decades due to its potential application in precision agriculture. In this article, we first …

Multiagent activity is commonplace in everyday life and can improve the behavioral
efficiency of task performance and learning. Thus, augmenting social contexts with the use …