A survey on multi-robot coverage path planning for model reconstruction and map**

R Almadhoun, T Taha, L Seneviratne, Y Zweiri - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
There has been an increasing interest in researching, develo** and deploying multi-robot
systems. This has been driven mainly by: the maturity of the practical deployment of a single …

Cooperative coverage path planning for visual inspection

SS Mansouri, C Kanellakis, E Fresk, D Kominiak… - Control Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
This article addresses the inspection problem of a complex 3D infrastructure using multiple
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The main novelty of the proposed scheme stems from …

Multi-underwater gliders coverage path planning based on ant colony optimization

H Ji, H Hu, X Peng - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Underwater gliders (UGs) are widely applied to regional exploration to find potential targets.
However, the complex marine environment and special movement patterns make it difficult …

Time coordination and collision avoidance using leader-follower strategies in multi-vehicle missions

C Tabasso, V Cichella, SB Mehdi, T Marinho… - Robotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the increasing popularity of multi-vehicle missions has been accompanied
by a growing interest in the development of control strategies to ensure safety in these …

Multi-robot hybrid coverage path planning for 3D reconstruction of large structures

R Almadhoun, T Taha, L Seneviratne, Y Zweiri - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Coverage Path Planning (CPP) is an essential capability for autonomous robots operating in
various critical applications such as fire fighting, and inspection. Performing autonomous …

Density-aware decentralised multi-agent exploration with energy constraint based on optimal transport theory

K Lee, R Hasan Kabir - International Journal of Systems Science, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper addresses a density-aware multi-agent exploration problem based on an Optimal
Transport (OT) theory while considering energy constraints of a multi-agent system. The …

Efficient, decentralized, and collaborative multi-robot exploration using optimal transport theory

RH Kabir, K Lee - 2021 American Control Conference (ACC), 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an Optimal Transport (OT)-based decentralized collaborative multi-robot
exploration strategy is proposed. This method is to achieve an efficient exploration with a …

A distributed online optimization strategy for cooperative robotic surveillance

L Pichierri, G Carnevale, L Sforni… - … on Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a distributed algorithm to control a team of cooperating robots
aiming to protect a target from a set of intruders. Specifically, we model the strategy of the …

Geometry aware nmpc scheme for morphing quadrotor navigation in restricted entrances

A Papadimitriou, SS Mansouri… - 2021 European …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Geometry-morphing Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) are gaining more attention lately, since,
their ability to modify their geometric morphology in-flight increases their versatility while …

Fast and secure distributed multi-agent coverage control with an application to infrastructure inspection and reconstruction

X Wang, C Gao, X Chen… - 2023 42nd Chinese …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we aim to present a sophisticated solution to real industrial applications using
a multi-agent system. More specifically, we aim to develop a fast and secure distributed …