3 papers
cs.RO2026
Optimally Trading Energy for Information through Speed Trajectory Optimization of Sustainably Powered Mobile Robots
Kavin M. Govindarajan, Dimitra Panagou, Chris Vermillion
Sustainably powered mobile robots enable long-duration observational missions by harvesting energy from the environment. However, effective autonomy requires the robots to make dec…
cs.RO2026
Clarity-Driven Adaptive Mission Planning for a Solar-Powered Autonomous Surface Vessel
Kavin M. Govindarajan, Kaleb Ben Naveed, David Li +5
This paper presents a comprehensive methodology, backed by simulation and experimental results, for an adaptive mission planning strategy that is mathematically grounded in the max…
cs.RO2025
Fusion of Indirect Methods and Iterative Learning for Persistent Velocity Trajectory Optimization of a Sustainably Powered Autonomous Surface Vessel
Kavin M. Govindarajan, Devansh R Agrawal, Dimitra Panagou +1
In this paper, we present the methodology and results for a real-time velocity trajectory optimization for a solar-powered autonomous surface vessel (ASV), where we combine indirec…