Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used platforms to carry data capturing sensors
for various applications. The reason for this success can be found in many aspects: the high …

This paper presents a novel strategy for autonomous teamed exploration of subterranean
environments using legged and aerial robots. Tailored to the fact that subterranean settings …

This letter presents a complete framework Meeting-Merging-Mission for multi-robot
exploration under communication restriction. Considering communication is limited in both …

Numerous researchers have conducted studies to achieve fast and robust ground-optimized
LiDAR odometry methods for terrestrial mobile platforms. In particular, ground-optimized …

Efficient exploration is a critical issue in swarm UAVs with substantial research interest due
to its applications in search and rescue missions. In this study, we propose a cooperative …

Exploration is an important aspect of autonomous robotics, whether it is for target searching,
rescue missions, or reconnaissance in an unknown environment. In this paper, we propose …

Autonomous robots must have the ability to build an accurate map of an unknown
environment by fully covering it in an exploration task. Several exploration approaches …

With the increasing demand for mobile robots and autonomous vehicles, several
approaches for long-term robot navigation have been proposed. Among these techniques …

Despite recent progress of robotic exploration, most methods assume that drift-free
localization is available, which is problematic in reality and causes severe distortion of the …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in complex applications, such as
military, exploration, and rescue. Although there are many quadcopter applications, the bi …