Area Coverage Maximization under Connectivity Constraint in Wireless Sensor Networks [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have several important applications, both in research and domestic use. Generally, their main role is to collect and transmit data from an ROI (region of interest) to a base station for processing and analysis.
Frantz Tossa +4 more
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UAV Cluster Mission Planning Strategy for Area Coverage Tasks [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 In the context of area coverage tasks in three-dimensional space, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) clusters face challenges such as uneven task assignment, low task efficiency, and high energy consumption.
Xiaohong Yan, Renwen Chen, Zihao Jiang
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Autonomous Mission of Multi-UAV for Optimal Area Coverage [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 This study proposes an entire hardware and software architecture from operator input to motor command for the autonomous area coverage mission using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles.
Youkyung Hong +3 more
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Matheuristics for Multi-UAV Routing and Recharge Station Location for Complete Area Coverage [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 This paper presents matheuristics for routing a heterogeneous group of capacitated unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for complete coverage of ground areas, considering simultaneous minimization of the coverage time and locating the minimal number of refueling
Rafael Santin +3 more
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An Area Coverage and Energy Consumption Optimization Approach Based on Improved Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization for Directional Sensor Networks [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 Coverage is a vital indicator which reflects the performance of directional sensor networks (DSNs). The random deployment of directional sensor nodes will lead to many covergae blind areas and overlapping areas. Besides, the premature death of nodes will
Song Peng, Yonghua Xiong
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An energy-aware and Q-learning-based area coverage for oil pipeline monitoring systems using sensors and Internet of Things. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Pipelines are the safest tools for transporting oil and gas. However, the environmental effects and sabotage of hostile people cause corrosion and decay of pipelines, which bring financial and environmental damages.
Rahmani AM +7 more
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Area-Coverage Planning for Spray-based Surface Disinfection with a Mobile Manipulator. [PDF]
Rob Auton Syst, 2022 The use of robots has significantly increased to fight highly contagious diseases like SARS-COV-2, Ebola, MERS, and others. One of the important applications of robots to fight such infectious diseases is disinfection.
Thakar S, Malhan RK, Bhatt PM, Gupta SK.
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Scalable Thousand Channel Penetrating Microneedle Arrays on Flex for Multimodal and Large Area Coverage BrainMachine Interfaces. [PDF]
Adv Funct Mater, 2022 The Utah array powers cutting‐edge projects for restoration of neurological function, such as BrainGate, but the underlying electrode technology has itself advanced little in the last three decades.
Lee SH +14 more
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A Survey on Swarm Robotics for Area Coverage Problem
Algorithms, 2023 The area coverage problem solution is one of the vital research areas which can benefit from swarm robotics. The greatest challenge to the swarm robotics system is to complete the task of covering an area effectively.
Dena Kadhim Muhsen +2 more
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Reinforcement Learning-Based Complete Area Coverage Path Planning for a Modified hTrihex Robot. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2021 One of the essential attributes of a cleaning robot is to achieve complete area coverage. Current commercial indoor cleaning robots have fixed morphology and are restricted to clean only specific areas in a house. The results of maximum area coverage are
Apuroop KGS, Le AV, Elara MR, Sheu BJ.
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