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In this paper, we consider the dynamic multi-robot distribution problem where a heterogeneous group of networked robots is tasked to spread out and simultaneously move towards multiple moving task areas while maintaining connectivity. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Chendi Lin , Wenhao Luo , Katia Sycara

Decentralized planning for multi-agent systems, such as fleets of robots in a search-and-rescue operation, is often constrained by limitations on how agents can communicate with each other. One such limitation is the case when agents can…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-15 Victoria Tuck , Yash Vardhan Pant , Sanjit A. Seshia , S. Shankar Sastry

A wide range of applications require or can benefit from collaborative behavior of a group of agents. The technical challenge addressed in this chapter is the development of a decentralized control strategy that enables each agent to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-02-26 Zhen Kan , John M. Shea , Warren E. Dixon

We present a novel reinforcement learning (RL) based task allocation and decentralized navigation algorithm for mobile robots in warehouse environments. Our approach is designed for scenarios in which multiple robots are used to perform…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Aakriti Agrawal , Senthil Hariharan , Amrit Singh Bedi , Dinesh Manocha

Multi-robot decision-making is the process where multiple robots coordinate actions. In this paper, we aim for efficient and effective multi-robot decision-making despite the robots' limited on-board resources and the often…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Zirui Xu , Vasileios Tzoumas

This work addresses the challenge of enabling a team of quadrupedal robots to collaboratively tow a cable-connected load through cluttered and unstructured environments while avoiding obstacles. Leveraging cables allows the multi-robot…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Wen-Tse Chen , Minh Nguyen , Zhongyu Li , Guo Ning Sue , Koushil Sreenath

This paper addresses the motion planning problem for a team of aerial agents under high level goals. We propose a hybrid control strategy that guarantees the accomplishment of each agent's local goal specification, which is given as a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-10-05 Christos K. Verginis , Ziwei Xu , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

This paper presents a data-driven decentralized trajectory optimization approach for multi-robot motion planning in dynamic environments. When navigating in a shared space, each robot needs accurate motion predictions of neighboring robots…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Hai Zhu , Francisco Martinez Claramunt , Bruno Brito , Javier Alonso-Mora

Achieving persistent tracking of multiple dynamic targets over a large spatial area poses significant challenges for a single-robot system with constrained sensing capabilities. As the robot moves to track different targets, the ones…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Junbin Yuan , Brady Moon , Muqing Cao , Sebastian Scherer

We present a fully integrated autonomous multi- robot aerial system for finding and collecting moving and static objects with unknown locations. This task addresses multiple relevant problems in search and rescue (SAR) robotics such as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Rik Bähnemann , Dominik Schindler , Mina Kamel , Roland Siegwart , Juan Nieto

Object transportation could be a challenging problem for a single robot due to the oversize and/or overweight issues. A multi-robot system can take the advantage of increased driving power and more flexible configuration to solve such a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Lin Zhang , Hao Xiong , Ou Ma , Zhaokui Wang

In this paper we develop a method to coordinate the deployment of a multi-robot team to reach some locations of interest, so-called primary goals, and to transmit the information from these positions to a static Base Station (BS), under…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Yaroslav Marchukov , Luis Montano

In this work, we study the problem where a group of mobile agents needs to reach a set of goal locations, but it does not matter which agent reaches a specific goal. Unlike most of the existing works on this topic that typically assume the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Stepan Dergachev , Konstantin Yakovlev

Planning coverage path for multiple robots in a decentralized way enhances robustness to coverage tasks handling uncertain malfunctions. To achieve high efficiency in a distributed manner for each single robot, a comprehensive understanding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-17 Yongkai Liu , Jiawei Hu , Wei Dong

Multi robot systems have the potential to be utilized in a variety of applications. In most of the previous works, the trajectory generation for multi robot systems is implemented in known environments. To overcome that we present an online…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Vijay Arvindh , Govind Aadithya R , Shravan Krishnan , Sivanathan K

This paper addresses the problem of navigation control of a general class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems in a bounded workspace of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with static obstacles. In particular, we propose a decentralized control protocol…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Alexandros Filotheou , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Multi-robot systems are essential for environmental monitoring, particularly for tracking spatial phenomena like pollution, soil minerals, and water salinity, and more. This study addresses the challenge of deploying a multi-robot team for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Federico Pratissoli , Mattia Mantovani , Amanda Prorok , Lorenzo Sabattini

Multi-robot cooperative control has gained extensive research interest due to its wide applications in civil, security, and military domains. This paper proposes a cooperative control algorithm for multi-robot systems with general linear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-06 Yi Dong , Zhongguo Li , Xingyu Zhao , Zhengtao Ding , Xiaowei Huang

Robot swarm is a hot spot in robotic research community. In this paper, we propose a decentralized framework for car-like robotic swarm which is capable of real-time planning in cluttered environments. In this system, path finding is guided…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Changjia Ma , Zhichao Han , Tingrui Zhang , Jingping Wang , Long Xu , Chengyang Li , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

Multi-robot systems have increasingly become instrumental in tackling search and coverage problems. However, the challenge of optimizing task efficiency without compromising task success still persists, particularly in expansive,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Xinyi Wang , Jiwen Xu , Chuanxiang Gao , Yizhou Chen , Jihan Zhang , Chenggang Wang , Ben M. Chen