Many scenarios require a robot to be able to explore its 3D environment online without
human supervision. This is especially relevant for inspection tasks and search and rescue …

We present a method for autonomous exploration of large-scale unknown environments
under mission time con-straints. We start by proposing the Frontloaded Information Gain …

In this paper, an embedded system for motion control of omnidirectional mobile robots is
presented. An omnidirectional mobile robot is a type of holonomic robots. It can move …

An a priori map is often unavailable for a mobile robot in a new environment. In a large-scale
environment, relying on manual guidance to construct an environment map will result in a …

This article investigates the effect of incorporating knowledge about the communication
possibilities in an exploration algorithm used to map an unknown environment. The mission …

The most common way to select target points for sensing during autonomous robot
exploration is to employ the concept of frontiers. Frontiers in an occupancy grid map are …

Majority of the autonomous robot exploration strategies operate by iteratively extracting the
boundary between the mapped open space and unexplored space, frontiers, and sending …

Multi-agent exploration of unknown environments with limited communication is a rapidly
emerging area of research with applications including surveying and robotic rescue …

Rapidly-exploring Random Trees (RRTs) are a popular technique for autonomous
exploration of mobile robots. However, the random sampling used by RRTs can result in …

Autonomous robotic exploration has been extensively applied in many tasks, such as mobile
mapping and indoor searching. One of the most challenging issues is to locate the Next-Best …