Distributed coverage control for concave areas by a heterogeneous robot–swarm with visibility sensing constraints

Y Kantaros, M Thanou, A Tzes - Automatica, 2015 - Elsevier
This article addresses the coverage problem of non-convex environments by a mobile multi-
robot system characterized by omnidirectional 'field of view'sensing capabilities. The mobile …

Path planning with uncertainty: Voronoi uncertainty fields

K Ok, S Ansari, B Gallagher, W Sica… - … on Robotics and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a two-level path planning algorithm that deals with map uncertainty is
proposed. The higher level planner uses modified generalized Voronoi diagrams to …

CVT-based swarming techniques for convex and non-convex cases

K Cao, Y Chen, S Gao… - International Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In the multi-robot swarm control algorithm, the traditional rigid formation algorithm has low
formation redundancy, and it is difficult to flexibly adapt to the external environment. In this …

Potential field based approach for coordinate exploration with a multi-robot team

A Renzaglia, A Martinelli - 2010 IEEE Safety Security and …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we introduce a new distributed algorithm for the exploration of an unknown
environment with a team of mobile robots. The objective is to explore the whole environment …

Visibility-oriented coverage control of mobile robotic networks on non-convex regions

Y Kantaros, M Thanou, A Tzes - 2014 IEEE International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the area coverage problem of non-convex environments by a group of mobile
robots is addressed. Each robot is equipped with a sensing device modeled through a range …

Cognitive-based adaptive control for cooperative multi-robot coverage

A Renzaglia, L Doitsidis, A Martinelli… - 2010 IEEE/RSJ …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the problem of positioning a team of mobile robots for a surveillance task in a
non-convex environment with obstacles is considered. The robots are equipped with global …

Environment learning-based coverage maximization with connectivity constraints in mobile sensor networks

D Van Le, H Oh, S Yoon - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper takes into consideration the problems related to monitoring a phenomenon of
interest in an unknown and open environment using multiple mobile sensor (MS) nodes. We …

Visibility-based coverage of mobile sensors in non-convex domains

L Lu, YK Choi, W Wang - … on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The area coverage problem of mobile sensor networks has attracted much attention
recently, as mobile sensors find many important applications in remote and hostile …

Adaptive coverage control in non-convex environments with unknown obstacles

M Adibi, HA Talebi, KY Nikravesh - 2013 21st Iranian …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an adaptive control law which enables a team of mobile robots to
navigate in a non-convex environment in the presence of unknown obstacles. The proposed …

Limited range spatial load balancing in non-convex environments using sampling-based motion planners

B Boardman, T Harden, S Martínez - Autonomous Robots, 2018 - Springer
This paper analyzes the limited range, spatial load balancing problem for agents deployed
in non-convex environments and subject to differential constraints which restricts how the …