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As Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) become more affordable and computing capabilities grow, they provide significant advantages for complex applications such as environmental monitoring, underwater inspections, or space exploration. However,…

In this paper, we propose a multiobjective optimization framework for the sensor selection problem in uncertain Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). The uncertainties of the WSNs result in a set of sensor observations with insufficient…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-09-21 Nianxia Cao , Sora Choi , Engin Masazade , Pramod K. Varshney

We study the problem of searching for and tracking a collection of moving targets using a robot with a limited Field-Of-View (FOV) sensor. The actual number of targets present in the environment is not known a priori. We propose a search…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Yoonchang Sung , Pratap Tokekar

We consider a scenario where a team of robots with heterogeneous sensors must track a set of hostile targets which induce sensory failures on the robots. In particular, the likelihood of failures depends on the proximity between the targets…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Siddharth Mayya , Ragesh K. Ramachandran , Lifeng Zhou , Gaurav S. Sukhatme , Vijay Kumar

We study the problem of multi-robot target assignment to minimize the total distance traveled by the robots until they all reach an equal number of static targets. In the first half of the paper, we present a necessary and sufficient…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-08-01 Jingjin Yu , Soon-Jo Chung , Petros G. Voulgaris

In this paper, we consider the dynamic multi-robot distribution problem where a heterogeneous group of networked robots is tasked to spread out and simultaneously move towards multiple moving task areas while maintaining connectivity. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Chendi Lin , Wenhao Luo , Katia Sycara

We consider the problem of tracking multiple, unknown, and time-varying numbers of objects using a distributed network of heterogeneous sensors. In an effort to derive a formulation for practical settings, we consider limited and unknown…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Fei Chen , Hoa Van Nguyen , Alex S. Leong , Sabita Panicker , Robin Baker , Damith C. Ranasinghe

In post-disaster scenarios, efficient search and rescue operations involve collaborative efforts between robots and humans. Existing planning approaches focus on specific aspects but overlook crucial elements like information gathering,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Hamid Osooli , Paul Robinette , Kshitij Jerath , S. Reza Ahmadzadeh

In multi-robot systems (MRS), cooperative localization is a crucial task for enhancing system robustness and scalability, especially in GPS-denied or communication-limited environments. However, adversarial attacks, such as sensor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Tohid Kargar Tasooji , Ramviyas Parasuraman

In this paper, we develop a fast mixed-integer convex programming (MICP) framework for multi-robot navigation by combining graph attention networks and distributed optimization. We formulate a mixed-integer optimization problem for receding…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-28 Viet-Anh Le , Panagiotis Kounatidis , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

In multi-robot informative path planning the problem is to find a route for each robot in a team to visit a set of locations that can provide the most useful data to reconstruct an unknown scalar field. In the budgeted version, each robot…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Azin Shamshirgaran , Sandeep Manjanna , Stefano Carpin

We consider a scenario in which a group of quadrotors is tasked at tracking multiple stationary targets in an unknown, bounded environment. The quadrotors search for targets along a spatial grid overlaid on the environment while performing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-02 Aniket Shirsat , Spring Berman

In this work, we address the problem of multi-robot adaptive coverage, where teams of robots perform dynamic sampling by continuously adjusting their positions to collect data in an environment. This task can be challenging, particularly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Thales Costa Silva , Nora Ayanian

Tracking multiple targets in dynamic environments using distributed sensor networks is a challenging problem for situational awareness in connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs). In such scenarios, the network of mobile sensors must coordinate…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-05 Aidan Blair , Amirali Khodadadian Gostar , Alireza Bab-Hadiashar , Xiaodong Li , Reza Hoseinnezhad

This paper addresses security challenges in multi-robot systems (MRS) where adversaries may compromise robot control, risking unauthorized access to forbidden areas. We propose a novel multi-robot optimal planning algorithm that integrates…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Ziqi Yang , Roberto Tron

Particle probability hypothesis density filtering has become a promising means for multi-target tracking due to its capability of handling an unknown and time-varying number of targets in non-linear non-Gaussian system. However, its…

Computation · Statistics 2015-03-13 Wang Junjie , Zhao Lingling , Su Xiaohong , Ma Peijun

The conditional diffusion model has been demonstrated as an efficient tool for learning robot policies, owing to its advancement to accurately model the conditional distribution of policies. The intricate nature of real-world scenarios,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Wenhao Yu , Jie Peng , Huanyu Yang , Junrui Zhang , Yifan Duan , Jianmin Ji , Yanyong Zhang

This paper addresses the problem of active information gathering for multi-robot systems. Specifically, we consider scenarios where robots are tasked with reducing uncertainty of dynamical hidden states evolving in complex environments. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-26 Mariliza Tzes , Yiannis Kantaros , George J. Pappas

This paper addresses distributed multi-target tracking (DMTT) over a network of sensors having different fields-of-view (FoVs). Specifically, a cardinality probability hypothesis density (CPHD) filter is run at each sensor node. Due to the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-26 Guchong Li , Giorgio Battistelli , Luigi Chisci , Wei Yi , Lingjiang Kong

Planning for multi-robot teams in complex environments is a challenging problem, especially when these teams must coordinate to accomplish a common objective. In general, optimal solutions to these planning problems are computationally…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Cora A. Dimmig , Kevin C. Wolfe , Joseph Moore