Optimization for drone and drone-truck combined operations: A review of the state of the art and future directions

SH Chung, B Sah, J Lee - Computers & Operations Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper surveys the state-of-the-art optimization approaches in the civil application of
drone operations (DO) and drone-truck combined operations (DTCO) including construction …

Optimization approaches for civil applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or aerial drones: A survey

A Otto, N Agatz, J Campbell, B Golden, E Pesch - Networks, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or aerial drones, are an emerging technology with
significant market potential. UAVs may lead to substantial cost savings in, for instance …

Generating task reallocation suggestions to handle contingencies in human-supervised multi-robot missions

S Al-Hussaini, JM Gregory… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a mission with significant uncertainty due to intermittent communications, delayed
information flow, and robotic failures, the role of human supervisors is extremely …

Incorporation of contingency tasks in task allocation for multirobot teams

S Shriyam, SK Gupta - IEEE Transactions on Automation …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Complex logistics support missions require the execution of spatially separated information
gathering and situational awareness tasks. Mobile robot teams can play an important role in …

Enhancing offshore parcel delivery efficiency through vessel-unmanned aerial vehicle collaborative routing

Y Li, X Wang - International Journal of Production Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Offshore oil and gas production is vital for global energy supply, but it faces logistical
challenges due to the high costs and inefficiencies of traditional supply methods. This paper …

A mathematical formulation and a tabu search heuristic for the joint vessel-UAV routing problem

Y Li, S Wang, S Zhou, Z Wang - Computers & Operations Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Motivated by offshore inspection practices, we investigate a joint vessel-unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV) routing problem where vessels and UAVs work coordinately to perform …

Assessing the Impact of Alerts on the Human Supervisor's Decision-Making Performance in Multi-Robot Missions

S Al-Hussaini, Y Guan, JM Gregory, K Pollard… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Multi-robot teams can be very useful in a wide variety of search and rescue missions in
challenging environments. In a mission with considerable uncertainty due to intermittent …

Robust scheduling and routing for collaborative human/unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance missions

JR Peters, A Surana, F Bullo - Journal of Aerospace Information …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
A supervisory mission in which a team of unmanned vehicles visits a set of targets and
collects sensory data to be analyzed in real time by a remotely located human operator is …

Task assignment and scheduling for mobile robot teams

S Shriyam, SK Gupta - … Technical Conferences and …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Most complex missions comprise of spatially separated tasks which have to be finished
using teams of mobile robots. The main challenges for planning such missions are forming …