Dec-MCTS: Decentralized planning for multi-robot active perception

G Best, OM Cliff, T Patten, RR Mettu… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
We propose a decentralized variant of Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) that is suitable for a
variety of tasks in multi-robot active perception. Our algorithm allows each robot to optimize …

Robotic ecology: Tracking small dynamic animals with an autonomous aerial vehicle

OM Cliff, DL Saunders, R Fitch - Science Robotics, 2018 - science.org
Understanding animal movements that underpin ecosystem processes is fundamental to
ecology. Recent advances in animal tags have increased the ability to remotely locate larger …

Online planning for multi-robot active perception with self-organising maps

G Best, J Faigl, R Fitch - Autonomous Robots, 2018 - Springer
We propose a self-organising map (SOM) algorithm as a solution to a new multi-goal path
planning problem for active perception and data collection tasks. We optimise paths for a …

Planning-aware communication for decentralised multi-robot coordination

G Best, M Forrai, RR Mettu… - 2018 IEEE international …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an algorithm for selecting when to communicate during online planning phases
of coordinated multi-robot missions. The key idea is that a robot decides to request …

Multi-robot region-of-interest reconstruction with Dec-MCTS

F Sukkar, G Best, C Yoo, R Fitch - … International conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of reconstructing regions of interest of a scene using multiple robot
arms and RGB-D sensors. This problem is motivated by a variety of applications, such as …

Contour-based next-best view planning from point cloud segmentation of unknown objects

R Monica, J Aleotti - Autonomous Robots, 2018 - Springer
A novel strategy is presented to determine the next-best view for a robot arm, equipped with
a depth camera in eye-in-hand configuration, which is oriented to autonomous exploration of …

Monte Carlo planning for active object classification

T Patten, W Martens, R Fitch - Autonomous Robots, 2018 - Springer
Classifying objects in complex unknown environments is a challenging problem in robotics
and is fundamental in many applications. Modern sensors and sophisticated perception …

Decentralised Monte Carlo tree search for active perception

G Best, OM Cliff, T Patten, RR Mettu, R Fitch - Algorithmic Foundations of …, 2020 - Springer
We propose a decentralised variant of Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) that is suitable for a
variety of tasks in multi-robot active perception. Our algorithm allows each robot to optimise …

Surfel-based next best view planning

R Monica, J Aleotti - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Next best view (NBV) planning is a central task for automated three-dimensional (3-D)
reconstruction in robotics. The most expensive phase of NBV computation is the view …

Multi-robot path planning for budgeted active perception with self-organising maps

G Best, J Faigl, R Fitch - 2016 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a self-organising map (SOM) algorithm as a solution to a new multi-goal path
planning problem for active perception and data collection tasks. We optimise paths for a …