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Adaptive Monitoring of Stochastic Fire Front Processes via Information-seeking Predictive Control
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Christos G. Panayiotou +1
We consider the problem of adaptively monitoring a wildfire front using a mobile agent (e.g., a drone), whose trajectory determines where sensor data is collected and thus influenc…
Adaptive Out-of-Control Point Pattern Detection in Sequential Random Finite Set Observations
Konstantinos Bourazas, Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios
In this work we introduce a novel adaptive anomaly detection framework specifically designed for monitoring sequential random finite set (RFS) observations. Our approach effectivel…
Data-Driven Predictive Planning and Control for Aerial 3D Inspection with Back-face Elimination
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Christos G. Panayiotou +1
Automated inspection with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) is a transformative capability set to revolutionize various application domains. However, this task is inherently complex,…
VLM-RRT: Vision Language Model Guided RRT Search for Autonomous UAV Navigation
Jianlin Ye, Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios
Path planning is a fundamental capability of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), enabling them to efficiently navigate toward a target region or explore complex environment…
Multiple Target Tracking Using a UAV Swarm in Maritime Environments
Andreas Anastasiou, Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios +1
Nowadays, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly utilized in search and rescue missions, a trend driven by technological advancements, including enhancements in automatio…
Jointly-optimized Trajectory Generation and Camera Control for 3D Coverage Planning
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
This work proposes a jointly optimized trajectory generation and camera control approach, enabling an autonomous agent, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operating in 3D env…
Rolling Horizon Coverage Control with Collaborative Autonomous Agents
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
This work proposes a coverage controller that enables an aerial team of distributed autonomous agents to collaboratively generate non-myopic coverage plans over a rolling finite ho…
Cooperative Aerial Robot Inspection Challenge: A Benchmark for Heterogeneous Multi-UAV Planning and Lessons Learned
Muqing Cao, Thien-Minh Nguyen, Shenghai Yuan +12
We propose the Cooperative Aerial Robot Inspection Challenge (CARIC), a simulation-based benchmark for motion planning algorithms in heterogeneous multi-UAV systems. CARIC features…
Model Predictive Control For Multiple Castaway Tracking with an Autonomous Aerial Agent
Andreas Anastasiou, Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios +1
Over the past few years, a plethora of advancements in Unmanned Areal Vehicle (UAV) technology has paved the way for UAV-based search and rescue operations with transformative impa…
Distributed Control for 3D Inspection using Multi-UAV Systems
Angelos Zacharia, Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios +1
Cooperative control of multi-UAV systems has attracted substantial research attention due to its significance in various application sectors such as emergency response, search and…
Probabilistically Robust Trajectory Planning of Multiple Aerial Agents
Christian Vitale, Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios +1
Current research on robust trajectory planning for autonomous agents aims to mitigate uncertainties arising from disturbances and modeling errors while ensuring guaranteed safety.…
Automated Real-Time Inspection in Indoor and Outdoor 3D Environments with Cooperative Aerial Robots
Andreas Anastasiou, Angelos Zacharia, Savvas Papaioannou +3
This work introduces a cooperative inspection system designed to efficiently control and coordinate a team of distributed heterogeneous UAV agents for the inspection of 3D structur…
Hierarchical Fault-Tolerant Coverage Control for an Autonomous Aerial Agent
Savvas Papaioannou, Christian Vitale, Panayiotis Kolios +2
Fault-tolerant coverage control involves determining a trajectory that enables an autonomous agent to cover specific points of interest, even in the presence of actuation and/or se…
Synergising Human-like Responses and Machine Intelligence for Planning in Disaster Response
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Christos G. Panayiotou +1
In the rapidly changing environments of disaster response, planning and decision-making for autonomous agents involve complex and interdependent choices. Although recent advancemen…
Cooperative Receding Horizon 3D Coverage Control with a Team of Networked Aerial Agents
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
This work proposes a receding horizon coverage control approach which allows multiple autonomous aerial agents to work cooperatively in order cover the total surface area of a 3D o…
Joint Estimation and Control for Multi-Target Passive Monitoring with an Autonomous UAV Agent
Savvas Papaioannou, Christos Laoudias, Panayiotis Kolios +2
This work considers the problem of passively monitoring multiple moving targets with a single unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) agent equipped with a direction-finding radar. This is i…
Unscented Optimal Control for 3D Coverage Planning with an Autonomous UAV Agent
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
We propose a novel probabilistically robust controller for the guidance of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in coverage planning missions, which can simultaneously optimize both th…
Distributed Estimation and Control for Jamming an Aerial Target With Multiple Agents
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Georgios Ellinas
This work proposes a distributed estimation and control approach in which a team of aerial agents equipped with radio jamming devices collaborate in order to intercept and concurre…
Integrated Guidance and Gimbal Control for Coverage Planning With Visibility Constraints
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
Coverage path planning with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a core task for many services and applications including search and rescue, precision agriculture, infrastructure ins…
UAV-based Receding Horizon Control for 3D Inspection Planning
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
Nowadays, unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs are being used for a wide range of tasks, including infrastructure inspection, automated monitoring and coverage. This paper investigates…
Integrated Ray-Tracing and Coverage Planning Control using Reinforcement Learning
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
In this work we propose a coverage planning control approach which allows a mobile agent, equipped with a controllable sensor (i.e., a camera) with limited sensing domain (i.e., fi…
Distributed Search Planning in 3-D Environments With a Dynamically Varying Number of Agents
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
In this work, a novel distributed search-planning framework is proposed, where a dynamically varying team of autonomous agents cooperate in order to search multiple objects of inte…
Towards Automated 3D Search Planning for Emergency Response Missions
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Theocharis Theocharides +2
The ability to efficiently plan and execute automated and precise search missions using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during emergency response situations is imperative. Precise…
Downing a Rogue Drone with a Team of Aerial Radio Signal Jammers
Savvas Papaioannou, Panayiotis Kolios, Georgios Ellinas
This work proposes a novel distributed control framework in which a team of pursuer agents equipped with a radio jamming device cooperate in order to track and radio-jam a rogue ta…