A survey of multi-robot regular and adversarial patrolling

L Huang, MC Zhou, K Hao… - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-robot systems can be applied to patrol a concerned environment for security purposes.
According to different goals, this work reviews the existing researches in a multi-robot …

Recent trends in robotic patrolling

N Basilico - Current Robotics Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Robotic patrolling aims at protecting a physical environment by
deploying a team of one or more autonomous mobile robots in it. A key problem in this …

Persistent robotic tasks: Monitoring and swee** in changing environments

SL Smith, M Schwager, D Rus - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present controllers that enable mobile robots to persistently monitor or
sweep a changing environment. The environment is modeled as a field that is defined over a …

Multi-robot area patrol under frequency constraints

Y Elmaliach, N Agmon, GA Kaminka - Annals of Mathematics and Artificial …, 2009 - Springer
Patrolling involves generating patrol paths for mobile robots such that every point on the
paths is repeatedly covered. This paper focuses on patrolling in closed areas, where every …

Multi-robot perimeter patrol in adversarial settings

N Agmon, S Kraus, GA Kaminka - 2008 IEEE International …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers the problem of multi-robot patrol around a closed area with the
existence of an adversary attempting to penetrate into the area. In case the adversary knows …

Effective urban traffic monitoring by vehicular sensor networks

R Du, C Chen, B Yang, N Lu, X Guan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traffic monitoring in urban transportation systems can be carried out based on vehicular
sensor networks. Probe vehicles (PVs), such as taxis and buses, and floating cars (FCs) …

A multiagent deep reinforcement learning approach for path planning in autonomous surface vehicles: The Ypacaraí lake patrolling case

SY Luis, DG Reina, SLT Marín - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous surfaces vehicles (ASVs) excel at monitoring and measuring aquatic nutrients
due to their autonomy, mobility, and relatively low cost. When planning paths for such …

On cooperative patrolling: Optimal trajectories, complexity analysis, and approximation algorithms

F Pasqualetti, A Franchi, F Bullo - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The subject of this paper is the patrolling of an environment with the aid of a team of
autonomous agents. We consider both the design of open-loop trajectories with optimal …

Distributed on-line dynamic task assignment for multi-robot patrolling

A Farinelli, L Iocchi, D Nardi - Autonomous Robots, 2017 - Springer
Multi-robot patrolling is a key feature for various applications related to surveillance and
security, and it has been studied from several different perspectives, ranging from …

Patrolling security games: Definition and algorithms for solving large instances with single patroller and single intruder

N Basilico, N Gatti, F Amigoni - Artificial intelligence, 2012 - Elsevier
Security games are gaining significant interest in artificial intelligence. They are
characterized by two players (a defender and an attacker) and by a set of targets the …