A comprehensive review of coverage path planning in robotics using classical and heuristic algorithms

CS Tan, R Mohd-Mokhtar, MR Arshad - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The small battery capacities of the mobile robot and the un-optimized planning efficiency of
the industrial robot bottlenecked the time efficiency and productivity rate of coverage tasks in …

LiDAR-equipped UAV path planning considering potential locations of defects for bridge inspection

N Bolourian, A Hammad - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional visual bridge inspection methods are time consuming and may put the
inspector in dangerous situations. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been recently …

An intelligence-based hybrid PSO-SA for mobile robot path planning in warehouse

S Lin, A Liu, J Wang, X Kong - Journal of Computational Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Mobile robots play crucial roles in industry and commerce, and automatic guided vehicles
(AGV) are one of the primary parts of smart manufactory and intelligent logistics. Path …

Bridge inspection with aerial robots: Automating the entire pipeline of visual data capture, 3D map**, defect detection, analysis, and reporting

JJ Lin, A Ibrahim, S Sarwade… - Journal of Computing in …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
The aging of bridges coupled with increased vehicular traffic requires timely and accurate
inspections for elevated highway structures. Recent studies have leveraged the advent of …

Multi UAV coverage path planning in urban environments

J Muñoz, B López, F Quevedo, CA Monje, S Garrido… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coverage path planning (CPP) is a field of study which objective is to find a path that covers
every point of a certain area of interest. Recently, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles …

A Review on Viewpoints and Path Planning for UAV-Based 3-D Reconstruction

M Maboudi, MR Homaei, S Song… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used platforms to carry data capturing sensors
for various applications. The reason for this success can be found in many aspects: the high …

Multi-robot space exploration: an augmented arithmetic approach

F Gul, I Mir, L Abualigah, P Sumari - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space exploration refers to constructing a map with the aid of sensor data. This exploration
is achieved utilizing a group of robots in an obstacle cluttered environment and distributing …

A multi-robot coverage path planning method for maritime search and rescue using multiple AUVs

C Cai, J Chen, Q Yan, F Liu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, we focus on the Multi-robot Coverage Path Planning (MCPP) problem for
maritime Search And Rescue (SAR) missions using a multiple Autonomous Underwater …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-UAV trajectory planning for 3D visual inspection of complex structures

S Ivić, B Crnković, L Grbčić, L Matleković - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of autonomous UAVs to infrastructure inspection tasks provides benefits in
terms of operation time reduction, safety, and cost-effectiveness. This paper presents …