Art gallery theorems and algorithms
Art gallery theorems and algorithms
Brief paper: An adaptive optimization scheme with satisfactory transient performance
Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
Parallel Tracking and Mapping for Small AR Workspaces
ISMAR '07 Proceedings of the 2007 6th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Large scale nonlinear control system fine-tuning through learning
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
Optimal coverage for multiple hovering robots with downward facing cameras
ICRA'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE international conference on Robotics and Automation
Intuitive 3D Maps for MAV Terrain Exploration and Obstacle Avoidance
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
Monocular-SLAM–based navigation for autonomous micro helicopters in GPS-denied environments
Journal of Field Robotics
Multi-robot three-dimensional coverage of unknown areas
International Journal of Robotics Research
SugarMap: location-less coverage for micro-aerial sensing swarms
Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Information processing in sensor networks
Cooperative Enhancement of Position Accuracy of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia
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This paper deals with the problem of deploying a team of flying robots to perform surveillance-coverage missions over a terrain of arbitrary morphology. In such missions, a key factor for the successful completion of the mission is the knowledge of the terrain's morphology. The focus of this paper is on the implementation of a two-step procedure that allows us to optimally align a team of flying vehicles for the aforementioned task. Initially, a single robot constructs a map of the area using a novel monocular-vision-based approach. A state-of-the-art visual-SLAM algorithm tracks the pose of the camera while, simultaneously, autonomously, building an incremental map of the environment. The map generated is processed and serves as an input to an optimization procedure using the cognitive, adaptive methodology initially introduced in Renzaglia et al. (Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on robotics and intelligent system (IROS), Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 3314---3320, 2010). The output of this procedure is the optimal arrangement of the robots team, which maximizes the monitored area. The efficiency of our approach is demonstrated using real data collected from aerial robots in different outdoor areas.