Fully differentiable sensor placement and informative path planning

Kalvik Jakkala, Srinivas Akella, Department of Computer Science, Texas A, M University, College Station, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The International Journal of Robotics Research

Published online on November 19, 2025

Abstract

The International Journal of Robotics Research, Ahead of Print.
Sensor placement (SP) and informative path planning (IPP) problems are prevalent in environmental monitoring. These problems require gathering the most informative data from a limited number of sensing locations, but existing solutions face a difficult ...