Informative Path Planning with Guaranteed Estimation Uncertaintytranslating…

arXiv:2602.05198v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Environmental monitoring robots often need to estimate data fields (e.g., salinity, temperature, bathymetry) under tight resource constraints. Classical boustrophedon lawnmower surveys provide geometric coverage guarantees but can waste effort by oversampling predictable regions. In contrast, informative path planning (IPP) methods leverage spatial correlations to reduce oversampling, yet typically offer no guarantees on estimation quality. Th