Search and rescue (SAR) operations can take significant advantage from supporting
autonomous or teleoperated robots and multi-robot systems. These can aid in mapping and …

When multiple robots are involved in the process of simultaneous localization and mapping
(SLAM), a global map should be constructed by merging the local maps built by individual …

We propose a dual-resolution scheme to achieve time-efficient autonomous exploration with
one or many robots. The scheme maintains a high-resolution local map of the robot's …

Abstract Purpose of Review Multi-robot exploration—ie, the problem of mapping unknown
features of an environment—is fundamental in many tasks, including search and rescue …

Confined and subterranean areas are common in many civilian and industrial sites,
although they are hazardous for humans given the presence of noxious gases, extreme …

Precision agriculture is the collection of hardware and software technologies that allow a
farmer to make informed, differentiated decisions regarding agricultural operations such as …

This article establishes the Exploration-RRT algorithm: A novel general-purpose combined
exploration and path planning algorithm, based on a multi-goal Rapidly-Exploring Random …

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

Communication is an important capability for multi-robot exploration because (1) inter-robot
communication (comms) improves coverage efficiency and (2) robot-to-base comms …

Robot swarms are groups of robots that each act autonomously based on only local
perception and coordination with neighboring robots. While current swarm implementations …