Terrain traversability analysis methods for unmanned ground vehicles: A survey

P Papadakis - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2013 - Elsevier
Motion planning for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) constitutes a domain of research
where several disciplines meet, ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in forest robotics: A state-of-the-art survey

LFP Oliveira, AP Moreira, MF Silva - Robotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of robotic systems to operate in forest environments is of great relevance
for the public and private sectors. In this sense, this article reviews several scientific papers …

Robotic monitoring of habitats: The natural intelligence approach

F Angelini, P Angelini, C Angiolini, S Bagella… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we first discuss the challenges related to habitat monitoring and review
possible robotic solutions. Then, we propose a framework to perform terrestrial habitat …

Actively articulated suspension for a wheel-on-leg rover operating on a martian analog surface

W Reid, FJ Pérez-Grau, AH Göktoğan… - … on Robotics and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Actively articulated wheel-on-leg rovers offer high degrees of mobility for traversing
unstructured and scientifically interesting terrain. An ability to actively conform to the terrain …

UAV platforms for data acquisition and intervention practices in forestry: towards more intelligent applications

H Sun, H Yan, M Hassanalian, J Zhang, A Abdelkefi - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
Unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems for performing forestry applications have expanded in
recent decades and have great economic benefits. They are validated to be more appealing …

Mobility evaluation of wheeled robots on soft terrain: Effect of internal force distribution

B Ghotbi, F González, J Kövecses, J Angeles - Mechanism and Machine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many applications of wheeled robots include operations in unstructured environments.
Optimizing vehicle mobility is of key importance in these cases. Reduced mobility can limit …

[HTML][HTML] GNSS/LiDAR-based navigation of an aerial robot in sparse forests

ACB Chiella, HN Machado, BOS Teixeira, GAS Pereira - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Autonomous navigation of unmanned vehicles in forests is a challenging task. In such
environments, due to the canopies of the trees, information from Global Navigation Satellite …

[HTML][HTML] Lateral stability of a mobile robot utilizing an active adjustable suspension

H Jiang, G Xu, W Zeng, F Gao, K Chong - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The mobile robot can not only be applied to agriculture, especially in
hilly and mountainous terrain, but can also be used as an unmanned vehicle in the …

Adaptive robust three‐dimensional trajectory tracking for actively articulated tracked vehicles

M Gianni, F Ferri, M Menna, F Pirri - Journal of Field Robotics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A new approach is proposed for an adaptive robust three‐dimensional (3D) trajectory‐
tracking controller design. The controller is modeled for actively articulated tracked vehicles …

A survey of multi-agent cross domain cooperative perception

Z Zhu, Q Du, Z Wang, G Li - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Intelligent unmanned systems for ground, sea, aviation, and aerospace application are
important research directions for the new generation of artificial intelligence in China …