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This paper presents a novel strategy for autonomous teamed exploration of subterranean environments using legged and aerial robots. Tailored to the fact that subterranean settings, such as cave networks and underground mines, often involve…

Heterogeneous multi-robot systems are advantageous for operations in unknown environments because functionally specialised robots can gather environmental information, while others perform tasks. We define this decomposition as the…

This paper presents a distributed scalable multi-robot planning algorithm for informed sampling of quasistatic spatial fields. We address the problem of efficient data collection using multiple autonomous vehicles and consider the effects…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-06 Sandeep Manjanna , M. Ani Hsieh , Gregory Dudek

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

In this paper, we investigate how to design an effective interface for remote multi-human multi-robot interaction. While significant research exists on interfaces for individual human operators, little research exists for the multi-human…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-05 Jayam Patel , Prajankya Sonar , Carlo Pinciroli

Collaborative multiple robots for unknown environment exploration have become mainstream due to their remarkable performance and efficiency. However, most existing methods assume perfect robots' communication during exploration, which is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Khattiya Pongsirijinda , Zhiqiang Cao , Billy Pik Lik Lau , Ran Liu , Chau Yuen , U-Xuan Tan

Humans engaged in collaborative activities are naturally able to convey their intentions to teammates through multi-modal communication, which is made up of explicit and implicit cues. Similarly, a more natural form of human-robot…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-01 Simone Macciò , Alessandro Carfì , Fulvio Mastrogiovanni

A reliable communication network is essential for multiple UAVs operating within obstacle-cluttered environments, where limited communication due to obstructions often occurs. A common solution is to deploy intermediate UAVs to relay…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Yuda Chen , Shuaikang Wang , Jie Li , Meng Guo

This paper addresses the problem of optimizing communicated information among heterogeneous, resource-aware robot teams to facilitate their navigation. In such operations, a mobile robot compresses its local map to assist another robot in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Evangelos Psomiadis , Ali Reza Pedram , Dipankar Maity , Panagiotis Tsiotras

Collaborative 3D detection can substantially boost detection performance by allowing agents to exchange complementary information. It inherently results in a fundamental trade-off between detection performance and communication bandwidth.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Yue Hu , Juntong Peng , Yunqiao Yang , Siheng Chen

In this paper, we develop a distributed intermittent communication and task planning framework for mobile robot teams. The goal of the robots is to accomplish complex tasks, captured by local Linear Temporal Logic formulas, and share the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Yiannis Kantaros , Meng Guo , Michael M. Zavlanos

This paper addresses the challenge of coordinating multi-robot systems under realistic communication delays using distributed optimization. We focus on consensus ADMM as a scalable framework for generating collision-free, dynamically…

Since the next-generation satellite network consisting of various service function domains, such as communication, observation, navigation, etc., is moving towards large-scale, using single-domain resources is difficult to provide satisfied…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-18 Chenxi Bao , Di Zhou , Min Sheng , Yan Shi , Jiandong Li

A reliable communication network is essential for multiple UAVs operating within obstacle-cluttered environments, where limited communication due to obstructions often occurs. A common solution is to deploy intermediate UAVs to relay…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Yuda Chen , Meng Guo

Coordinated multi-robot navigation is an essential ability for a team of robots operating in diverse environments. Robot teams often need to maintain specific formations, such as wedge formations, to enhance visibility, positioning, and…

This paper investigates the task-driven exploration of unknown environments with mobile sensors communicating compressed measurements. The sensors explore the area and transmit their compressed data to another robot, assisting it to reach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Evangelos Psomiadis , Dipankar Maity , Panagiotis Tsiotras

This paper introduces a high-performance artificial intelligence operating system tailored for low-altitude aviation, designed to address key challenges such as real-time task execution, computational efficiency, and seamless modular…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Minzhe Tan , Xinlin Fan , Jian He , Yi Hou , Zhan Liu , Yaopeng Jiang , Y. M. Jiang

A team of robots sharing a common goal can benefit from coordination of the activities of team members, helping the team to reach the goal more reliably or quickly. We address the problem of coordinating the actions of a team of robots with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Mikko Lauri , Eero Heinänen , Simone Frintrop

Rigid-formation navigation of multiple robots is essential for applications such as cooperative transportation. This process involves a team of collaborative robots maintaining a predefined geometric configuration, such as a square, while…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Qun Yang , Soung Chang Liew

With the real need of field exploration in large-scale and extreme outdoor environments, cooperative exploration tasks have garnered increasing attention. This paper presents a comprehensive review of multi-robot cooperative exploration…