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This paper proposes a solution to the problem of smooth path planning for mobile robots in dynamic and unknown environments. A novel concept of Time-Warped Grid is introduced to predict the pose of obstacles in the environment and avoid…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Siavash Farzan , Guilherme N. DeSouza

We obtain an algorithmic meta-theorem for the following optimization problem. Let \phi\ be a Counting Monadic Second Order Logic (CMSO) formula and t be an integer. For a given graph G, the task is to maximize |X| subject to the following:…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-09 Fedor Fomin , Ioan Todinca , Yngve Villanger

In this paper we present a method for automatically planning optimal paths for a group of robots that satisfy a common high level mission specification. Each robot's motion in the environment is modeled as a weighted transition system. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Alphan Ulusoy , Stephen L. Smith , Xu Chu Ding , Calin Belta , Daniela Rus

Efficient path planning for autonomous mobile robots is a critical problem across numerous domains, where optimizing both time and energy consumption is paramount. This paper introduces a novel methodology that considers the dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Víctor C. da S. Campos , Armando A. Neto , Douglas G. Macharet

We investigate the Randomized Stochastic Accelerated Gradient (RSAG) method, utilizing either constant or adaptive step sizes, for stochastic optimization problems with generalized smooth objective functions. Under relaxed affine variance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-25 Chenhao Yu , Yusu Hong , Junhong Lin

Orthogonal time-frequency space (OTFS) is a potential waveform for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) systems because it can manage communication and sensing metrics in one unified domain, and has better performance in high…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Zhenyu Zhang , Qianli Wang , Gang Liu , FeiFei Gao , Pingzhi Fan

The \textsc{Mutual Visibility} is a well-known problem in the context of mobile robots. For a set of $n$ robots disposed in the Euclidean plane, it asks for moving the robots without collisions so as to achieve a placement ensuring that no…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Serafino Cicerone , Alessia Di Fonso , Gabriele Di Stefano , Alfredo Navarra

Graph-based multi-robot path planning (MRPP) is NP-hard to optimally solve. In this work, we propose the first low polynomial-time algorithm for MRPP achieving 1--1.5 asymptotic optimality guarantees on makespan for random instances under…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Teng Guo , Jingjin Yu

Multi-agent mapping is a fundamentally important capability for autonomous robot task coordination and execution in complex environments. While successful algorithms have been proposed for mapping using individual platforms, cooperative…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-14 James Di , Ehsan Zobeidi , Alec Koppel , Nikolay Atanasov

The time-fractional optimal transport (OT) and mean-field planning (MFP) models are developed to describe the anomalous transport of the agents in a heterogeneous environment such that their densities are transported from the initial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Yiqun Li , Hong Wang , Wuchen Li

This paper presents a "cooperative vehicle sorting" strategy that seeks to optimally sort connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) in a multi-lane platoon to reach an ideally organized platoon. In the proposed method, a CAV platoon is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-17 Jiaming Wu , Soyoung Ah , Yang Zhou , Pan Liu , Xiaobo Qu

We consider a natural generalization of scheduling $n$ jobs on $m$ parallel machines so as to minimize the makespan. In our extension the set of jobs is partitioned into several classes and a machine requires a setup whenever it switches…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-28 Klaus Jansen , Marten Maack , Alexander Mäcker

In this paper, we propose a new adaptive stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics (ASGLD) algorithmic framework and its two specialized versions, namely adaptive stochastic gradient (ASG) and adaptive gradient Langevin dynamics(AGLD), for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-05-25 Hejian Sang , Jia Liu

We present a unified approach for constraint displacement problems in which a robot finds a feasible path by displacing constraints or obstacles. To this end, we propose a two stage process that returns locally optimal obstacle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Antony Thomas , Fulvio Mastrogiovanni , Marco Baglietto

Most existing robot formation problems seek a target formation of a certain \emph{minimal} and, thus, efficient structure. Examples include the Gathering and the Chain-Formation problem. In this work, we study formation problems that try to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-06 Jannik Castenow , Peter Kling , Till Knollmann , Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide

We study the Universal Solvability of Robot Motion Planning on Graphs (USolR) problem: given an undirected graph $G = (V, E)$ and $p$ robots, determine whether any arbitrary configuration of the robots can be transformed into any other…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Anubhav Dhar , Pranav Nyati , Tanishq Prasad , Ashlesha Hota , Sudeshna Kolay

The notion of vertex sparsification is introduced in \cite{M}, where it was shown that for any graph $G = (V, E)$ and a subset of $k$ terminals $K \subset V$, there is a polynomial time algorithm to construct a graph $H = (K, E_H)$ on just…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-06-24 Moses Charikar , Tom Leighton , Shi Li , Ankur Moitra

Given a set of $n$ point robots inside a simple polygon $P$, the task is to move the robots from their starting positions to their target positions along their shortest paths, while the mutual visibility of these robots is preserved.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Rusul J. Alsaedi , Joachim Gudmundsson , André van Renssen

We study the maximum weight perfect $f$-factor problem on any general simple graph $G=(V,E,w)$ with positive integral edge weights $w$, and $n=|V|$, $m=|E|$. When we have a function $f:V\rightarrow \mathbb{N}_+$ on vertices, a perfect…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-18 Ran Duan , Haoqing He , Tianyi Zhang

The dispersion problem on graphs asks $k\leq n$ robots placed initially arbitrarily on the nodes of an $n$-node anonymous graph to reposition autonomously to reach a configuration in which each robot is on a distinct node of the graph. This…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Ajay D. Kshemkalyani , Anisur Rahaman Molla , Gokarna Sharma