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This work proposes a framework for the robust design of UAV-assisted wireless networks that combine 3D trajectory optimization with user mobility prediction to address dynamic resource allocation challenges. We proposed a sparse…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-12 Asad Mahmood , Thang X. Vu , Wali Ullah Khan , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten

We present a novel reinforcement learning (RL) based task allocation and decentralized navigation algorithm for mobile robots in warehouse environments. Our approach is designed for scenarios in which multiple robots are used to perform…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Aakriti Agrawal , Senthil Hariharan , Amrit Singh Bedi , Dinesh Manocha

In post-disaster scenarios, rapid and efficient delivery of medical resources is critical and challenging due to severe damage to infrastructure. To provide an optimized solution, we propose a cooperative trajectory optimization and task…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Kaiyuan Chen , Wanpeng Zhao , Yongxi Liu , Yuanqing Xia , Wannian Liang , Shuo Wang

The caching paradigm has been introduced to alleviate backhaul traffic load and to reduce latencies due to massive never ending increase in data traffic. To fully exploit the benefits offered by caching, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Emre Gures , Pavel Mach

Autonomous exploration is an application of growing importance in robotics. A promising strategy is ergodic trajectory planning, whereby an agent spends in each area a fraction of time which is proportional to its probability information…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-06 Dimitris Gkouletsos , Andrea Iannelli , Mathias Hudoba de Badyn , John Lygeros

Vehicular cloud computing has emerged as a promising paradigm for realizing user requirements in computation-intensive tasks in modern driving environments. In this paper, a novel framework of multi-task offloading over vehicular clouds…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-12-16 Minghui Liwang , Zhibin Gao , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Huaiyu Dai

This paper investigates a multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) joint base station-assisted Internet of Vehicles (IoV) task offloading system in dense urban environments. To minimize system delay and energy consumption under strict coupling…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Maoxin Ji , Qiong Wu , Pingyi Fan , Cui Zhang , Nan Cheng , Wen Chen , Khaled B. Letaief

Frontier exploration and reinforcement learning have historically been used to solve the problem of enabling many mobile robots to autonomously and cooperatively explore complex surroundings. These methods need to keep an internal global…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-19 Ehsan Latif , Ramviyas Parasuraman

This research builds on work in anticipatory human-machine interaction, a subfield of human-machine interaction where machines can facilitate advantageous interactions by anticipating a user's future state. The aim of this research is to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Tom Odem

With the rapid advancement of mobile networks and the widespread use of mobile devices, spatial crowdsourcing, which involves assigning location-based tasks to mobile workers, has gained significant attention. However, most existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Jinwen Chen , Jiannan Guo , Dazhuo Qiu , Yawen Li , Guanhua Ye , Yan Zhao , Kai Zheng

This paper addresses the joint optimization of trajectories and bandwidth allocation for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to enhance energy efficiency in the cooperative data collection problem. We focus on an important yet…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Cuong Le , Symeon Chatzinotas , Thang X. Vu

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

In this paper, we study a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which aims to fly between two predetermined locations while maintaining ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) for command-and-control (C2) links with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Yuqi Ping , Tingting Zhang , Tianhao Liang

Collaborative multi-agent exploration of unknown environments is crucial for search and rescue operations. Effective real-world deployment must address challenges such as limited inter-agent communication and static and dynamic obstacles.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Gabriele Calzolari , Vidya Sumathy , Christoforos Kanellakis , George Nikolakopoulos

Integrated into existing Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) serve as a cornerstone in meeting the stringent requirements of future Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The current endeavor studies an MEC…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-02 Maryam Farajzadeh Dehkordi , Bijan Jabbari

This paper presents a time-efficient scheme for Mars exploration by the cooperation of multiple drones and a rover. To maximize effective coverage of the Mars surface in the long run, a comprehensive framework has been developed with joint…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-17 Yuan Chang , Chao Yan , Xingyu Liu , Xiangke Wang , Han Zhou , Xiaojia Xiang , Dengqing Tang

With the emergence of compute-intensive and delay-sensitive applications in vehicular networks, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a promising complement for vehicular edge computing due to the high mobility and flexible…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Hongbao Li , Ziye Jia , Sijie He , Kun Guo , Qihui Wu

Offloading time-sensitive, computationally intensive tasks-such as advanced learning algorithms for autonomous driving-from vehicles to nearby edge servers, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) systems, or other collaborating vehicles via…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Nazish Tahir , Ramviyas Parasuraman , Haijian Sun

Domain-specific accelerators are used in various computing systems ranging from edge devices to data centers. Coarse-grained reconfigurable arrays (CGRAs) represent an architectural midpoint between the flexibility of an FPGA and the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Taeyoung Kong , Kalhan Koul , Priyanka Raina , Mark Horowitz , Christopher Torng

Distributed optimization offers a promising paradigm for trajectory planning in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms, yet its deployment in communication-constrained environments remains challenging due to unreliable links and limited data…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Yue Yu , Xiaobo Zheng , Shaoming He