A survey on active simultaneous localization and map**: State of the art and new frontiers

JA Placed, J Strader, H Carrillo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Active simultaneous localization and map** (SLAM) is the problem of planning and
controlling the motion of a robot to build the most accurate and complete model of the …

MR-TopoMap: Multi-robot exploration based on topological map in communication restricted environment

Z Zhang, J Yu, J Tang, Y Xu… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-robot exploration in unknown environments is a fundamental task for a multi-robot
system, involving inter-robot communication through messages among the robots. However …

Distributed multi-robot potential-field-based exploration with submap-based map** and noise-augmented strategy

K Pongsiri**da, Z Cao, K Bhowmik, M Shalihan… - Robotics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multi-robot collaboration has become a needed component in unknown environment
exploration due to its ability to accomplish various challenging situations. Potential-field …

Hierarchical path planner for unknown space exploration using reinforcement learning-based intelligent frontier selection

J Fan, X Zhang, Y Zou - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
Path planning in unknown environments is extremely useful for some specific tasks, such as
exploration of outer space planets, search and rescue in disaster areas, home swee** …

Learning coverage paths in unknown environments with deep reinforcement learning

A Jonnarth, J Zhao, M Felsberg - … on Machine Learning, 21-27 July …, 2024 - diva-portal.org
Coverage path planning (CPP) is the problem of finding a path that covers the entire free
space of a confined area, with applications ranging from robotic lawn mowing to search-and …

HDPlanner: Advancing Autonomous Deployments in Unknown Environments through Hierarchical Decision Networks

J Liang, Y Cao, Y Ma, H Zhao… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we introduce HDPlanner, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based
framework designed to tackle two core and challenging tasks for mobile robots: autonomous …

A framework to co-optimize robot exploration and task planning in unknown environments

Y Xu, Z Zhang, J Yu, Y Shen… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots often need to accomplish complex tasks in unknown environments, which is a
challenging problem, involving autonomous exploration for acquiring necessary scene …

IR2: Implicit Rendezvous for Robotic Exploration Teams under Sparse Intermittent Connectivity

DMS Tan, Y Ma, J Liang, YC Chng… - 2024 IEEE/RSJ …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Information sharing is critical in time-sensitive and realistic multi-robot exploration,
especially for smaller robotic teams in large-scale environments where connectivity may be …

EMExplorer: an episodic memory enhanced autonomous exploration strategy with Voronoi domain conversion and invalid action masking

B Chen, P Zhong, Y Cui, S Lu, Y Liang… - Complex & Intelligent …, 2023 - Springer
Autonomous exploration is a critical technology to realize robotic intelligence as it allows
unsupervised preparation for future tasks and facilitates flexible deployment. In this paper, a …