Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are becoming more attractive in diverse applications due
to their efficiency in performing tasks with a reduced time execution, covering a larger area …

Path planning is one of the most important issues in the robotics field, being applied in many
domains ranging from aerospace technology and military tasks to manufacturing and …

The recent development of new offshore projects in pre-salt deepwater fields has placed
offshore loading operations as the main production outflow alternative, increasing the …

When we attempt to trace a mobile robot relative to its surroundings, this phenomenon is
delineated as Robot localization. Localization is regarded as most significant task for an …

UAVs have been widely used in many photography applications. Among photography tasks,
covering an area to produce photogrammetry data is a prominent solution for commercial …

In the offshore oil and gas industry, the most productive fields are located in increasingly
distant waters, so the oil pipelines as a solution to transport the production become less …

The stoppage of a mobile platform is generally scheduled to feed parts for machines on
production lines, such as fenced industrial robotic manipulators. A non-stop mobile robotic …

In recent years, mobile robots have become increasingly frequent in daily life applications,
such as cleaning, surveillance, support for the elderly and people with disabilities, as well as …

Localization is a self-position estimation problem and is one of the most critical research
areas in autonomous mobile robots. This study presents novel solutions to two significant …

The assistive robotics field works with technologies aimed at assisting people with physical
impairments. Simple tasks like passing through doorways can be a significant challenge for …