Publications

2024

Optimizing Start Locations in Ergodic Search for Disaster Response
Ananya Rao, Alyssa Hargis, David Wettergreen, and Howie Choset. 2024. IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2024).

Search and Rescue Base of Operation Prioritization with Aerial Orthomosaics
Alyssa Hargis, Ananya Rao, and Howie Choset. 2024. IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2024).

Decentralized, Decomposition-Based Observation Scheduling for a Large-Scale Satellite Constellation
Itai Zilberstein, Ananya Rao, Matthew Salis, and Steve Chien. 2024. International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2024).

Learning Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Allocations for Ergodic Search.
Ananya Rao, Guillaume Sartoretti, and Howie Choset. 2024. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024)

2023

Multi-Objective Sparse Sensing with Ergodic Optimization.
Ananya Rao and Howie Choset. 2023. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023)

Multi-Objective Ergodic Search for Dynamic Information Maps.
Ananya Rao*, Abigail Breitfeld*, Alberto Candela, Benjamin Jensen, David Wettergreen, and Howie Choset. 2023. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023) (*equal contribution)

2022

Sparse Sensing in Ergodic Optimization.
Ananya Rao, Ian Abraham, Guillaume Sartoretti, and Howie Choset. 2022. International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2022).

Analysis of Interior Rubble Void Spaces at Champlain Towers South Collapse.
Ananya Rao, Robin Murphy, David Merrick, and Howie Choset. 2022. IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2022). 

On the Optimality and Robustness of Ergodic Search.
Evelyn Kuo, Ananya Rao, Ian Abraham, and Howie Choset. 2022. Accepted to the International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR 2022)

2021

Spectral-based Distributed Ergodic Coverage for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Search.
Guillaume Sartoretti*, Ananya Rao*, and Howie Choset. 2021. International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2021). Best Paper Award. (*equal contribution)