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The high mobility of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) enables them to be used in various civilian fields, such as rescue and cargo transport. Path-following is a crucial way to perform these tasks while sensing and collision avoidance are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-01 Changheng Wang , Zhiqing Wei , Wangjun Jiang , Haoyue Jiang , Zhiyong Feng

Optimal collision-free formation control of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a challenge. The state-of-the-art optimal control approaches often rely on numerical methods sensitive to initial guesses. This paper presents an innovative…

In this report, we try to improve the performance of existing approaches for search operations in multi-robot context. We propose three novel algorithms that are using a triangular grid pattern, i.e., robots certainly go through the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Ahmad Baranzadeh

This work presents an algorithm for changing from latitudinal to longitudinal formation of autonomous aircraft squadrons. The maneuvers are defined dynamically by using a predefined set of 3D basic maneuvers. This formation changing is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-12-05 Paulo André Sperandio Giacomin , Elder Moreira Hemerly

This paper presents a role-adaptive Leader-Follower-based formation planning and control framework for teams of quadruped robots operating in cluttered environments. Unlike conventional methods with fixed leaders or rigid formation roles,…

Future multi-spacecraft missions require robust autonomous trajectory optimization capabilities to ensure safe and efficient rendezvous operations. This capability hinges on solving non-convex optimal control problems in real-time, although…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Yuji Takubo , Tommaso Guffanti , Daniele Gammelli , Marco Pavone , Simone D'Amico

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…

Obstacle avoidance enables autonomous agents and robots to operate safely and efficiently in dynamic and complex environments, reducing the risk of collisions and damage. For a robot or autonomous system to successfully navigate through…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Justin London

This paper presents ETA-IK, a novel Execution-Time-Aware Inverse Kinematics method tailored for dual-arm robotic systems. The primary goal is to optimize motion execution time by leveraging the redundancy of both arms, specifically in tasks…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Yucheng Tang , Xi Huang , Yongzhou Zhang , Tao Chen , Ilshat Mamaev , Björn Hein

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a robust motion formation distributed control algorithm for a team of mobile robots. The primary task for the team is to form a geometric shape, which can be freely translated and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-21 Hector Garcia de Marina , Johan Siemonsma , Bayu Jayawardhana , Ming Cao

This paper addresses the challenge of collision-free motion planning in automated navigation within complex environments. Utilizing advancements in Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) and sensor technologies like LiDAR, we propose the TD3-DWA…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Hao Liu , Yi Shen , Chang Zhou , Yuelin Zou , Zijun Gao , Qi Wang

Most existing methods for motion planning of mobile robots involve generating collision-free trajectories. However, these methods focusing solely on contact avoidance may limit the robots' locomotion and can not be applied to tasks where…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Haokun Wang , Qianhao Wang , Fei Gao , Shaojie Shen

Coordinating the motion of multiple robots in cluttered environments remains a computationally challenging task. We study the problem of minimizing the execution time of a set of geometric paths by a team of robots with state-dependent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Katherine Mao , Igor Spasojevic , Malakhi Hopkins , M. Ani Hsieh , Vijay Kumar

Formation flight has a vast potential for aerial robot swarms in various applications. However, existing methods lack the capability to achieve fully autonomous large-scale formation flight in dense environments. To bridge the gap, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Lun Quan , Longji Yin , Tingrui Zhang , Mingyang Wang , Ruilin Wang , Sheng Zhong , Zhou Xin , Yanjun Cao , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

Motion planning is a critical component of intelligent unmanned systems, enabling their complex autonomous operations. However, current planning algorithms still face limitations in planning efficiency due to inflexible strategies and weak…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Yinghao Zhao , Chenguang Dai , Liang Lyu , Zhenchao Zhang , Chaozhen Lan , Hong Xie

This paper focuses on the emerging paradigm shift of collision-inclusive motion planning and control for impact-resilient mobile robots, and develops a unified hierarchical framework for navigation in unknown and partially-observable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Zhouyu Lu , Zhichao Liu , Merrick Campbell , Konstantinos Karydis

This paper considers the problem of robot motion planning in a workspace with obstacles for systems with uncertain 2nd-order dynamics. In particular, we combine closed form potential-based feedback controllers with adaptive control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-27 Christos K. Verginis , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

The focus of this work is to present a novel methodology for optimal distribution of a swarm formation on either side of an obstacle, when evading the obstacle, to avoid overpopulation on the sides to reduce the agents' waiting delays,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Jawad N. Yasin , Mohammad-Hashem Haghbayan , Muhammad Mehboob Yasin , Juha Plosila

This research paper addresses the challenges of exploration and navigation in unknown environments from an evolutionary swarm robotics perspective. Path formation plays a crucial role in enabling cooperative swarm robots to accomplish these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Lavanya Ratnabala , Robinroy Peter , E. Y. A. Charles

We investigated different dense multirotor UAV traffic simulation scenarios in open 2D and 3D space, under realistic environments with the presence of sensor noise, communication delay, limited communication range, limited sensor update…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2016-11-28 Csaba Virágh , Máté Nagy , Carlos Gershenson , Gábor Vásárhelyi