Coverage Path Planning is an important strategy used mainly in junction with the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such that it can cover the regions of the target with minimized energy consumptions.

Planning a safe and efficient global path in a complex three-dimensional environment is a complex and challenging optimization task. Existing planning algorithms are faced with problems such as ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...