4 papers
Ergodic Control and Controlled Diffusion for Robot Learning: Review and Tutorial
Max Muchen Sun, Cem Bilaloglu, Ananya Rao +6
Diffusion learning leverages the statistical mechanism of diffusion processes for learning, reasoning, and inferring complex distributions from data. Recent advances in diffusion l…
Optimizing Start Locations in Ergodic Search for Disaster Response
Ananya Rao, Alyssa Hargis, David Wettergreen +1
In disaster response scenarios, deploying robotic teams effectively is crucial for improving situational awareness and enhancing search and rescue operations. The use of robots in…
Multi-Agent Ergodic Exploration under Smoke-Based, Time-Varying Sensor Visibility Constraints
Elena Wittemyer, Ananya Rao, Ian Abraham +1
In this work, we consider the problem of multi-agent informative path planning (IPP) for robots whose sensor visibility continuously changes as a consequence of a time-varying natu…
Multi-Objective Sparse Sensing with Ergodic Optimization
Ananya Rao, Howie Choset
We consider a search problem where a robot has one or more types of sensors, each suited to detecting different types of targets or target information. Often, information in the fo…