10 accepted papers
Size reconfigurable robots have been introduced for coverage applications to improve performance. The size reconfiguration ability allows a robot to access narrow areas in a smaller size while covering open spaces in a larger size, improving productivity. This paper proposes a novel CPP method consi
While agricultural robotics has made great strides in recent years, manipulation of plants for tasks such as staking and harvesting remains highly challenging due to the high variability in dynamics and deformable nature of plants. To address the challenges created by dynamics uncertainty, we develo
Achieving complete area coverage in robotics is an essential aspect for applications such as cleaning and patrolling. While multi-agent frameworks have been implemented to address the challenge of complete coverage, the area coverage performances are hindered by physical constraints and dynamic obst…
Path planning is crucial in numerous robotic applications. Reconfigurable robots possess the capability to alter their shape, enabling access to confined spaces, a task challenging for fixed-shape robots. However, existing path planners for reconfigurable robots are typically designed with predefine…
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology is a rapidly developing field in robotics. Most existing SLAM algorithms lack robustness in dynamic environments because moving objects can influence mapping and localization accuracy, making it challenging for robots to identify moving objects…
Floor cleaning robots have been developed to cater to building maintenance needs. Complete area coverage is crucial for a floor cleaning robot, and its morphology design plays a vital role in realizing complete area coverage. However, floor cleaning robots with fixed morphologies have difficulty in…
Coverage Path Planning (CPP) is an essential feature of robots deployed for applications such as lawn mowing, cleaning, painting, and exploration. However, most of the state-of-the-art CPP methods are proposed for fixed-morphology robots, and the coverage performance is limited by physical constrain…
In recent years, a rising trend of floor cleaning robots could be observed in the consumer electronic market. Area coverage performance is a crucial factor that determines the overall productivity of a floor cleaning robot. Nevertheless, the area coverage performance of commercially available floor…
Area coverage is demanded from the robots utilized in application domains such as floor cleaning. Even though many advanced coverage algorithms have been developed, the area coverage performance is limited due to the inaccessibility of narrow spaces caused by physical constraints. Reconfigurable rob…
Area coverage is crucial for robotics applications such as cleaning, painting, exploration, and inspections. Hinged reconfigurable robots have been introduced for these application domains to improve the area coverage performance. However, the existing coverage algorithms of hinged reconfigurable ro…