A Planning Framework for Persistent, Multi-UAV Coverage with Global Deconfliction

NSH 3001

Abstract: Planning for multi-robot coverage seeks to determine collision-free paths for a fleet of robots, enabling them to collectively observe points of interest in an environment. Persistent coverage is a variant of traditional coverage where coverage-levels in the environment decay over time. Thus, robots have to continuously revisit parts of the environment to maintain a [...]

The Robots are Coming – to your Farm! AKA: Autonomous and Intelligent Robots in Unstructured Field Environments

Gates Hillman Center 6115

Abstract: What if a team of collaborative autonomous robots grew your food for you? In this talk, I will discuss some key advances in robotics, machine learning, and autonomy that will one day enable teams of small robots to grow food for you in your backyard in a fundamentally more sustainable way than modern mega-farms! [...]