This paper is intended to pave the way for new researchers in the field of robotics and
autonomous systems, particularly those who are interested in robot localization and …

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in unknown GPS‐denied environments is a
major challenge for researchers in the field of mobile robotics. Many solutions for single …

Autonomous vehicles commonly rely on highly detailed birds-eye-view maps of their
environment, which capture both static elements of the scene such as road layout as well as …

Abstract Vision-language navigation (VLN), which entails an agent to navigate 3D
environments following human instructions, has shown great advances. However, current …

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of several battery powered sensor nodes. The
sensing coverage of the Field of Interest (FoI) is an important function of the sensor nodes in …

The effectiveness of cluster-based distributed sensor networks depends to a large extent on
the coverage provided by the sensor deployment. We propose a virtual force algorithm …

The deployment of multiple robots for achieving a common goal helps to improve the
performance, efficiency, and/or robustness in a variety of tasks. In particular, the observation …

Sensing coverage and network connectivity are two of the most fundamental problems in
wireless sensor networks. Finding an optimal node deployment strategy that would minimize …

As the field of communications networks continues to evolve, the challenging area of
wireless sensor networks is rapidly coming of age. Recent advances have made it possible …

Exploration involving mapping and concurrent localization in an unknown environment is a
pervasive task in mobile robotics. In general, the accuracy of the mapping process depends …