5 papers
Nonlinear Trajectory Optimization Models for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles with Mobile Charging Support
Minsen Yuan, Amanuel Adane, James Humann +1
Supporting Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with mobile charging stations enables persistent UAV autonomy in infrastructure-sparse environments. In this setting, trajectory optimiza…
Towards Reliable Aerial Ground Vehicle Collaboration: An Integrated Planning and Autonomy Framework for Field Deployment
Md Safwan Mondal, Luca Russo, James D. Humann +2
Limited flight endurance significantly restricts the operational range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in long duration missions such as surveillance and inspection, where multi…
Nonlinear Trajectory Optimization Models for Energy-Sharing UAV-UGV Systems with Multiple Task Locations
Minsen Yuan, Amanuel Adane, James Humann +1
Energy-sharing UAV-UGV systems extend the endurance of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) by leveraging Uncrewed Ground Vehicles (UGVs) as mobile charging stations, enabling persisten…
How to Coordinate UAVs and UGVs for Efficient Mission Planning? Optimizing Energy-Constrained Cooperative Routing with a DRL Framework
Md Safwan Mondal, Subramanian Ramasamy, Luca Russo +3
Efficient mission planning for cooperative systems involving Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) requires addressing energy constraints, scalability…
Optimizing Fuel-Constrained UAV-UGV Routes for Large Scale Coverage: Bilevel Planning in Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems
Md Safwan Mondal, Subramanian Ramasamy, Pranav Bhounsule
Fast moving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are well suited for aerial surveillance, but are limited by their battery capacity. To increase their endurance UAVs can be refueled on…