A comprehensive review of coverage path planning in robotics using classical and heuristic algorithms

CS Tan, R Mohd-Mokhtar, MR Arshad - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The small battery capacities of the mobile robot and the un-optimized planning efficiency of
the industrial robot bottlenecked the time efficiency and productivity rate of coverage tasks in …

Survey on coverage path planning with unmanned aerial vehicles

TM Cabreira, LB Brisolara, FJ Paulo R - Drones, 2019 - mdpi.com
Coverage path planning consists of finding the route which covers every point of a certain
area of interest. In recent times, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been employed in …

Survey on mission planning of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles

J Song, K Zhao, Y Liu - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
The task assignment issue and the path planning problem of Multiple Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (Multi-UAV) are collectively referred to as the Mission Planning Problem (MPP) …

A cumulative unmanned aerial vehicle routing problem approach for humanitarian coverage path planning

NA Kyriakakis, M Marinaki, N Matsatsinis… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a Cumulative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problem (CUAVRP)
approach to optimize Humanitarian Coverage Path Planning (HCPP). Coverage path …

Moving peak drone search problem: An online multi-swarm intelligence approach for UAV search operations

NA Kyriakakis, M Marinaki, N Matsatsinis… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many practical, real-world applications have dynamic features. This paper introduces a
novel dynamic optimization problem applied to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) search and …

Grid-based coverage path planning with minimum energy over irregular-shaped areas with UAVs

TM Cabreira, PR Ferreira, C Di Franco… - … on unmanned aircraft …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Grid-based methods have been proposed to solve the Coverage Path Planning problem
using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in irregular-shaped areas since simple geometric flight …

Optimal Coverage Path Planning for Agricultural Vehicles with Curvature Constraints

M Höffmann, S Patel, C Büskens - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Complete coverage path planning (CCPP) is vital in mobile robot applications. Optimizing
CCPP is particularly significant in precision agriculture, where it enhances resource …

SGGTSO: A Spherical Vector-Based Optimization Algorithm for 3D UAV Path Planning

W Wang, C Ye, J Tian - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The application of 3D UAV path planning algorithms in smart cities and smart buildings can
improve logistics efficiency, enhance emergency response capabilities as well as provide …

Strategies for patrolling missions with multiple UAVs

KS Kappel, TM Cabreira, JL Marins… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2020 - Springer
This paper proposes a set of strategies for the patrolling problem using multiple UAVs and
as a result, improving our original NC-Drone algorithm. We present four strategies …

Neural network based algorithm for multi-UAV coverage path planning

G Sanna, S Godio, G Guglieri - 2021 International Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a method to tackle the Coverage Path Planning (CPP) problem for a
fleet of AI-driven UAVs while accounting for congestion, collision avoidance, and efficiency …