Cooperative multi-robot belief space planning for autonomous navigation in unknown environments
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DOI: 10.1007/s10514-017-9620-6
Abstract: We investigate the problem of cooperative multi-robot planning in unknown environments, which is important in numerous applications in robotics. The research community has been actively developing belief space planning approaches that account for the different… read more here.
Keywords: autonomous navigation; belief; multi; multi robot ... See more keywords
CARE: Cooperative Autonomy for Resilience and Efficiency of robot teams for complete coverage of unknown environments under robot failures
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DOI: 10.1007/s10514-019-09870-3
Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of Multi-robot Coverage Path Planning for unknown environments in the presence of robot failures. Unexpected robot failures can seriously degrade the performance of a robot team and in extreme cases… read more here.
Keywords: robot failures; resilience; unknown environments; robot ... See more keywords
Helping older pedestrians navigate unknown environments through vibrotactile guidance instructions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2018.07.017
Abstract: Abstract Many studies have consistently found evidence of aging-related navigation difficulties that lead to disorientation behaviors and/or reduced travel. Despite technological advances, older pedestrians mainly use paper maps to find their way in unknown environments… read more here.
Keywords: paper; vibrotactile guidance; unknown environments; guidance ... See more keywords
Boundary Gap Based Reactive Navigation in Unknown Environments
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DOI: 10.1109/jas.2021.1003841
Abstract: Due to the requirements for mobile robots to search or rescue in unknown environments, reactive navigation which plays an essential role in these applications has attracted increasing interest. However, most existing reactive methods are vulnerable… read more here.
Keywords: gap based; gap; boundary gap; unknown environments ... See more keywords
An Integrated Framework for Cooperative Aerial Manipulators in Unknown Environments
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2018.2807486
Abstract: This letter presents a viable framework that integrates control, estimation of unknown payload, safety management, and obstacle avoidance for cooperative transportation in unknown environments using multiple aerial manipulators. Unlike existing approaches for cooperative manipulation based… read more here.
Keywords: integrated framework; manipulators unknown; aerial manipulators; cooperative aerial ... See more keywords
Optimal Trajectory Planning Method for the Navigation of WIP Vehicles in Unknown Environments: Theory and Experiment.
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DOI: 10.1109/tcyb.2022.3164933
Abstract: Navigation of underactuated wheeled inverted pendulum (WIP) vehicles in unknown environments is still facing great difficulties, especially when the optimal motion is required. This article proposes an optimal trajectory planning method for the navigation of… read more here.
Keywords: wip vehicles; unknown environments; vehicles unknown; trajectory ... See more keywords
Two-Phase Motion Planning Under Signal Temporal Logic Specifications in Partially Unknown Environments
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DOI: 10.1109/tie.2022.3203752
Abstract: This article studies the planning problem for a robot residing in partially unknown environments under signal temporal logic (STL) specifications, where most of the existing planning methods using STL rely on a fully known environment.… read more here.
Keywords: signal temporal; two phase; unknown environments; phase ... See more keywords
Skeleton-Based Visual Servoing in Unknown Environments
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DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2018.2869661
Abstract: The generalized Voronoi diagram (GVD) is a powerful environment representation that defines a set of paths at maximal distance from the obstacles. Many works implicitly use this property to define safe navigation strategies for a… read more here.
Keywords: skeleton based; gvd; unknown environments; based visual ... See more keywords
Swarms of flying robots in unknown environments
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DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abq2215
Abstract: An optimal planning algorithm enables swarms of flying robots to explore unknown environments autonomously and safely. Description An optimal planning algorithm enables swarms of flying robots to explore unknown environments autonomously and safely. read more here.
Keywords: robots unknown; swarms flying; flying robots; unknown environments ... See more keywords