A survey on coverage path planning for robotics

E Galceran, M Carreras - Robotics and Autonomous systems, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Coverage Path Planning (CPP) is the task of determining a path that passes over all
points of an area or volume of interest while avoiding obstacles. This task is integral to many …

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 …

Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for multi-robot applications: A survey

J Orr, A Dutta - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Deep reinforcement learning has produced many success stories in recent years. Some
example fields in which these successes have taken place include mathematics, games …

[HTML][HTML] A review of source term estimation methods for atmospheric dispersion events using static or mobile sensors

M Hutchinson, H Oh, WH Chen - Information Fusion, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding atmospheric transport and dispersal events has an important role in a range
of scenarios. Of particular importance is aiding in emergency response after an intentional or …

Multidrone aerial surveys of penguin colonies in Antarctica

K Shah, G Ballard, A Schmidt, M Schwager - Science Robotics, 2020 - science.org
Speed is essential in wildlife surveys due to the dynamic movement of animals throughout
their environment and potentially extreme changes in weather. In this work, we present a …

DARP: Divide areas algorithm for optimal multi-robot coverage path planning

AC Kapoutsis, SA Chatzichristofis… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2017 - Springer
This paper deals with the path planning problem of a team of mobile robots, in order to cover
an area of interest, with prior-defined obstacles. For the single robot case, also known as …

Cooperative multi-UAV coverage mission planning platform for remote sensing applications

SD Apostolidis, PC Kapoutsis, AC Kapoutsis… - Autonomous …, 2022 - Springer
This paper proposes a novel mission planning platform, capable of efficiently deploying a
team of UAVs to cover complex-shaped areas, in various remote sensing applications …

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 …

Efficient boustrophedon multi-robot coverage: an algorithmic approach

I Rekleitis, AP New, ES Rankin, H Choset - Annals of Mathematics and …, 2008 - Springer
This paper presents algorithmic solutions for the complete coverage path planning problem
using a team of mobile robots. Multiple robots decrease the time to complete the coverage …

Tmstc*: A path planning algorithm for minimizing turns in multi-robot coverage

J Lu, B Zeng, J Tang, TL Lam… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Coverage path planning is a major application for mobile robots, which requires robots to
move along a planned path to cover the entire map. For large-scale tasks, multirobot …