Abstract The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a set of software libraries and tools used to
build robotic systems. ROS is known for a distributed and modular design. Given a model of …

The conventional model for online planning under uncertainty assumes that an agent can
stop and plan without incurring costs for the time spent planning. However, planning time is …

Safe and efficient exploration of unknown and unstructured environments is critical for an
autonomous mobile robot in high-dimensional workspace. Autonomous exploration is …

For an effective deployment in manufacturing, Collaborative Robots should be capable of
adapting their behavior to the state of the environment and to keep the user safe and …

Probabilistic planners are very flexible tools that provide good solutions for difficult tasks.
However, they rely on a model of the domain and actions, which they have difficulties to …

In this paper we present an architecture that embeds an automatic task planner into the
Robotic Operating System (ROS). The plans generated by the planner are automatically …

Acting in robotics is driven by reactive and deliberative reasonings which take place in the
competition between execution and planning processes. Properly balancing reactivity and …

There are numerous problems concerning the concepts of the Internet of Robotic Things
(IoRT). Two notions are particularly challenging to achieve: heterogeneity and …

This paper proposes a novel strategy for the implementation of complex missions in an
underwater domain, based on the combination of a Goal Allocation (GA) strategy and …

This paper presents a novel comprehensive framework called ROS-TiPlEx (Timeline-based
Planning and Execution with ROS) to provide a shared environment in which experts in …