Artificial intelligence for safety-critical systems in industrial and transportation domains: A survey

J Perez-Cerrolaza, J Abella, M Borg, C Donzella… - ACM Computing …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enable the development of next-generation autonomous safety-
critical systems in which Machine Learning (ML) algorithms learn optimized and safe …

Cooperative heterogeneous multi-robot systems: A survey

Y Rizk, M Awad, EW Tunstel - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2019 - dl.acm.org
The emergence of the Internet of things and the widespread deployment of diverse
computing systems have led to the formation of heterogeneous multi-agent systems (MAS) …

On the use of simulation in robotics: Opportunities, challenges, and suggestions for moving forward

HS Choi, C Crump, C Duriez, A Elmquist… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
The last five years marked a surge in interest for and use of smart robots, which operate in
dynamic and unstructured environments and might interact with humans. We posit that well …

Autonomous path planning with obstacle avoidance for smart assistive systems

C Ntakolia, S Moustakidis, A Siouras - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the increased interest in smart assistive technologies and autonomous robot vehicles,
path planning has emerged as one of the most researched and challenging topics in …

Alchemist: Llm-aided end-user development of robot applications

UB Karli, JT Chen, VN Antony, CM Huang - Proceedings of the 2024 …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to catalyze a paradigm shift in end-user
robot programming---moving from the conventional process of user specifying programming …

Testing, validation, and verification of robotic and autonomous systems: a systematic review

H Araujo, MR Mousavi, M Varshosaz - ACM Transactions on Software …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We perform a systematic literature review on testing, validation, and verification of robotic
and autonomous systems (RAS). The scope of this review covers peer-reviewed research …

Modularity for the future in space robotics: A review

MA Post, XT Yan, P Letier - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of modular and reconfigurable space robot systems intended
for use in orbital and planetary applications. Modular autonomous robotic systems promise …

Formal synthesis of controllers for safety-critical autonomous systems: Developments and challenges

X Yin, B Gao, X Yu - Annual Reviews in Control, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, formal methods have been extensively used in the design of autonomous
systems. By employing mathematically rigorous techniques, formal methods can provide …

RoboChart: modelling and verification of the functional behaviour of robotic applications

A Miyazawa, P Ribeiro, W Li, A Cavalcanti… - Software & Systems …, 2019 - Springer
Robots are becoming ubiquitous: from vacuum cleaners to driverless cars, there is a wide
variety of applications, many with potential safety hazards. The work presented in this paper …