A survey of crowd evacuation on passenger ships: Recent advances and future challenges

K Liu, Y Ma, M Chen, K Wang, K Zheng - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
During ship emergencies, a reliable and efficient evacuation system is able to guide
passengers to the appropriate muster stations as quickly as possible. The majority of the …

Human-robot interaction in a shared augmented reality workspace

S Qiu, H Liu, Z Zhang, Y Zhu… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We design and develop a new shared Augmented Reality (AR) workspace for Human-Robot
Interaction (HRI), which establishes a bi-directional communication between human agents …

Intelligent optimization method for the evacuation routes of dense crowds on cruise ships

L Liu, H Zhang, Y Zhan, Y Su, C Zhang - Simulation Modelling Practice and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evacuation route optimization is a crucial problem in emergency management of cruise
ships. To solve a multi-route planning problem of evacuating all passengers and crews on …

A congestion-aware path planning method considering crowd spatial-temporal anomalies for long-term autonomy of mobile robots

Z Ge, J Jiang, M Coombes - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A congestion-aware path planning method is pre-sented for mobile robots during long-term
deployment in human occupied environments. With known spatial-temporal crowd patterns …

[HTML][HTML] On determining the weight of edges in map-representing graphs-applications of heuristic methods in planning escape routes

M Borowska-Stefańska, M Kowalski, F Turoboś… - Journal of traffic and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the paper we discuss and compare two commonly used methods of finding the shortest
paths in networks, namely Dijkstra's and A∗ algorithms. We compare their effectiveness in …

An indoor evacuation guidance system with an AR virtual agent

Q Gan, Z Liu, T Liu, Y Chai - Procedia Computer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
It is challenging to evacuate people quickly and safely in large complex buildings in
emergencies. With the rapid development of smart mobile devices, the research of …

Enhancing Swift and Socially-Aware Navigation with Continuous Spatial-Temporal Routing

Z Ge, J Jiang, M Coombes, S Liang - International Journal of Social …, 2025 - Springer
Routing for autonomous robots in dynamic human environments requires paths that are
collision-free, efficient, and socially considerate. This article introduces an optimization …

PPUM-Aided Receding Horizon Optimization for Robot Path planning in Uncertain Environments

Z Ge, J Jiang, M Coombes, L Sun - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability to understand spatialtemporal patterns for crowds of people is crucial for
achieving long-term autonomy of mobile robots deployed in human environments. The …

A Comprehensive Framework for Emergency in Robotic Environments

M Kara - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotics has become a prominent technology with wide application in various industries.
However, to protect the safety and well-being of humans and robots, the development of …

Receding Horizon Optimization with PPUM: An Approach for Autonomous Robot Path Planning in Uncertain Environments

Z Ge, J Jiang, M Coombes, L Sun - arxiv preprint arxiv:2311.14411, 2023 - arxiv.org
The ability to understand spatial-temporal patterns for crowds of people is crucial for
achieving long-term autonomy of mobile robots deployed in human environments. However …