Survey of Simulators for Aerial Robots: An Overview and In-Depth Systematic Comparisons
Uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) research faces challenges with safety, scalability, costs, and
ecological impact when conducting hardware testing. High-fidelity simulators offer a vital …
ecological impact when conducting hardware testing. High-fidelity simulators offer a vital …
Occupancy grid mapping without ray-casting for high-resolution LiDAR sensors
Occupancy mapping is a fundamental component of robotic systems to reason about the
unknown and known regions of the environment. This article presents an efficient occupancy …
unknown and known regions of the environment. This article presents an efficient occupancy …
Immesh: An immediate lidar localization and meshing framework
In this article, we propose a novel light detection and ranging (LiDAR)(-inertial) odometry
and mapping framework to achieve the goal of simultaneous localization and meshing in …
and mapping framework to achieve the goal of simultaneous localization and meshing in …
Integrated Planning and Control for Quadrotor Navigation in Presence of Suddenly Appearing Objects and Disturbances
Autonomous flight for quadrotors in environments with suddenly appearing objects and
disturbances still faces significant challenges. In this work, we propose an integrated …
disturbances still faces significant challenges. In this work, we propose an integrated …
Colag: A collaborative air-ground framework for perception-limited ugvs' navigation
Perception is necessary for autonomous navigation in an unknown area crowded with
obstacles. It's challenging for a robot to navigate safely without any sensors that can sense …
obstacles. It's challenging for a robot to navigate safely without any sensors that can sense …
ROG-map: An efficient robocentric occupancy grid map for large-scene and high-resolution LiDAR-based motion planning
Recent advances in LiDAR technology have opened up new possibilities for robotic
navigation. Given the widespread use of occupancy grid maps (OGMs) in robotic motion …
navigation. Given the widespread use of occupancy grid maps (OGMs) in robotic motion …
Falcon: Fast autonomous aerial exploration using coverage path guidance
This paper introduces FALCON, a novel Fast Autonomous expLoration framework using
COverage path guidaNce, which aims at setting a new performance benchmark in the field …
COverage path guidaNce, which aims at setting a new performance benchmark in the field …
UAV based sensing and imaging technologies for power system detection, monitoring and inspection: a review
Y He, Z Liu, Y Guo, Q Zhu, Y Fang, Y Yin… - Nondestructive …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
With the advancement and expansion of power system technology, ensuring the safe and
stable operation of transmission lines has become increasingly crucial. Traditional manual …
stable operation of transmission lines has become increasingly crucial. Traditional manual …
Real-Time Efficient Environment Compression and Sharing for Multi-Robot Cooperative Systems
L Zheng, K Xu, J Jiang, M Wei, B Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Efficient environment sharing is crucial for multi-robot tasks, such as exploration and
navigation. However, real-time environment sharing faces significant challenges due to …
navigation. However, real-time environment sharing faces significant challenges due to …
AirFogSim: A Light-Weight and Modular Simulator for UAV-Integrated Vehicular Fog Computing
Vehicular Fog Computing (VFC) is significantly enhancing the efficiency, safety, and
computational capabilities of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and the integration of …
computational capabilities of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and the integration of …