Autonomous spot: Long-range autonomous exploration of extreme environments with legged locomotion

A Bouman, MF Ginting, N Alatur… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper serves as one of the first efforts to enable large-scale and long-duration
autonomy using the Boston Dynamics Spot robot. Motivated by exploring extreme …

[HTML][HTML] A Fault-Tolerant Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles–Unmanned Ground Vehicle Coverage Path Planning

M Ramezani, MA Amiri Atashgah, A Rezaee - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we introduce a fault-tolerant multi-agent reinforcement learning framework
called SERT-DQN to optimize the operations of UAVs with UGV central control in coverage …

On genetic algorithm and artificial neural network combined optimization for a Mars rotorcraft blade

D Tang, B Tang, W Shen, K Zhu, Q Quan, Z Deng - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
The Mars rotorcraft can help the Mars rover to optimize the driving route and explore more
efficiently. However, the thin and cold Martian atmosphere can heavily increase the …

LIO-fusion: Reinforced LiDAR inertial odometry by effective fusion with GNSS/relocalization and wheel odometry

W Wu, X Zhong, D Wu, B Chen… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reliable state estimation is a prerequisite for autonomous robot navigation in complex
environments. In this work, we present LIO-Fusion, a reinforced LiDAR inertial odometry …

UAV4PE: An open-source framework to plan UAV autonomous missions for planetary exploration

J Galvez-Serna, F Vanegas, S Brar, J Sandino… - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for planetary exploration missions require
increased onboard mission-planning and decision-making capabilities to access full …

RSPMP: Real-time semantic perception and motion planning for autonomous navigation of unmanned ground vehicle in off-road environments

D Chen, M Zhuang, X Zhong, W Wu, Q Liu - Applied Intelligence, 2023 - Springer
Considering autonomous navigation of an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) in off-road
environments, it faces various problems, such as semantic perception and motion planning …

Terrain classification-based rover traverse planner with kinematic constraints for Mars exploration

G Huang, L Yang, Y Cai, D Zhang - Planetary and Space Science, 2021 - Elsevier
In Mars exploration mission, the rover path planning is essential to ensure the safety and
efficiency of the rover traverse. At present, traverse planning deployed Mars rovers requires …

An upper confidence bound for simultaneous exploration and exploitation in heterogeneous multi-robot systems

KMB Lee, F Kong, R Cannizzaro… - … on Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous multi-robot systems are advantageous for operations in unknown
environments because functionally specialised robots can gather environmental information …

An addendum to nebula: Towards extending team costar's solution to larger scale environments

B Morrell, K Otsu, A Agha, DD Fan… - … on Field Robotics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an appendix to the original NeBula autonomy solution developed by
the Team Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Robots (CoSTAR), participating in the …