Jointly-optimized Trajectory Generation and Camera Control for 3D Coverage Planning
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| author | Papaioannou, Savvas Kolios, Panayiotis Theocharides, Theocharis Panayiotou, Christos G. Polycarpou, Marios M. |
| author_facet | Papaioannou, Savvas Kolios, Panayiotis Theocharides, Theocharis Panayiotou, Christos G. Polycarpou, Marios M. |
| contents | 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 environments, to plan and execute coverage trajectories that maximally cover the surface area of a 3D object of interest. Specifically, the UAV's kinematic and camera control inputs are jointly optimized over a rolling planning horizon to achieve complete 3D coverage of the object. The proposed controller incorporates ray-tracing into the planning process to simulate the propagation of light rays, thereby determining the visible parts of the object through the UAV's camera. This integration enables the generation of precise look-ahead coverage trajectories. The coverage planning problem is formulated as a rolling finite-horizon optimal control problem and solved using mixed-integer programming techniques. Extensive real-world and synthetic experiments validate the performance of the proposed approach. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Jointly-optimized Trajectory Generation and Camera Control for 3D Coverage Planning Papaioannou, Savvas Kolios, Panayiotis Theocharides, Theocharis Panayiotou, Christos G. Polycarpou, Marios M. Robotics Systems and Control 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 environments, to plan and execute coverage trajectories that maximally cover the surface area of a 3D object of interest. Specifically, the UAV's kinematic and camera control inputs are jointly optimized over a rolling planning horizon to achieve complete 3D coverage of the object. The proposed controller incorporates ray-tracing into the planning process to simulate the propagation of light rays, thereby determining the visible parts of the object through the UAV's camera. This integration enables the generation of precise look-ahead coverage trajectories. The coverage planning problem is formulated as a rolling finite-horizon optimal control problem and solved using mixed-integer programming techniques. Extensive real-world and synthetic experiments validate the performance of the proposed approach. |
| title | Jointly-optimized Trajectory Generation and Camera Control for 3D Coverage Planning |
| topic | Robotics Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.05887 |