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Planning for multi-robot teams in complex environments is a challenging problem, especially when these teams must coordinate to accomplish a common objective. In general, optimal solutions to these planning problems are computationally…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Cora A. Dimmig , Kevin C. Wolfe , Joseph Moore

Efficiently solving path planning problems for a large number of robots is critical to the successful operation of modern warehouses. The existing approaches adopt classical shortest path algorithms to plan in environments whose cells are…

Multi-Robot Task Allocation (MRTA) is the problem of distributing a set of tasks to a team of robots with the objective of optimising some criteria, such as minimising the amount of time or energy spent to complete all the tasks or…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-13 Eric Schneider , Marcus Poulton , Archie Drake , Leanne Smith , George Roussos , Simon Parsons , Elizabeth I Sklar

Assembly processes involving humans and robots are challenging scenarios because the individual activities and access to shared workspace have to be coordinated. Fixed robot programs leave no room to diverge from a fixed protocol. Working…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Marina Ionova , Jan Kristof Behrens

A key challenge in multi-robot and multi-agent systems is generating solutions that are robust to other self-interested or even adversarial parties who actively try to prevent the agents from achieving their goals. The practicality of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-10-19 Trong Nghia Hoang , Yuchen Xiao , Kavinayan Sivakumar , Christopher Amato , Jonathan How

This work proposes a novel multi-robot task allocation framework for robots that can switch between multiple modes, e.g., flying, driving, or walking. We first provide a method to encode the multi-mode property of robots as a graph, where…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Takumi Ito , Riku Funada , Mitsuji Sampei , Gennaro Notomista

In this paper, we present an algorithm which lies in the domain of task allocation for a set of static autonomous radars with rotating antennas. It allows a set of radars to allocate in a fully decentralized way a set of active tracking…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Pierre Larrenie , Cédric Buron , Frédéric Barbaresco

This work studies the planning problem for robotic systems under both quantifiable and unquantifiable uncertainty. The objective is to enable the robotic systems to optimally fulfill high-level tasks specified by Linear Temporal Logic (LTL)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Pian Yu , Yong Li , David Parker , Marta Kwiatkowska

While individual robots are becoming increasingly capable, with new sensors and actuators, the complexity of expected missions increased exponentially in comparison. To cope with this complexity, heterogeneous teams of robots have become a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Georg Heppner , David Oberacker , Arne Roennau , Rüdiger Dillmann

In many applications such as rationing medical care and supplies, university admissions, and the assignment of public housing, the decision of who receives an allocation can be justified by various normative criteria. Such settings have…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Siddhartha Banerjee , Matthew Eichhorn , David Kempe

Multi-robot systems in automated warehouses must manage continuous streams of pickup-and-delivery tasks while ensuring efficiency and safety. Prior work on Multi-Agent Pickup-and-Delivery (MAPD) has largely focused on the one-to-one…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Ethan Schneider , Jingkai Chen , Tianyi Gu , Kunlei Lian , Seth Hutchinson , Sonia Chernova

We propose a novel formulation of the collision-aware task assignment (CATA) problem and a decentralized auction-based algorithm to solve the problem with optimality bound. Using a collision cone, we predict potential collisions and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Fang Wu , Vivek Shankar Varadharajan , Giovanni Beltrame

Task allocation has been a well studied problem. In most prior problem formulations, it is assumed that each task is associated with a unique set of resource requirements. In the scope of multi-robot task allocation problem, these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-07-03 Zakk Giacometti , Yu Zhang

In this paper we present distributed and adaptive algorithms for motion coordination of a group of m autonomous vehicles. The vehicles operate in a convex environment with bounded velocity and must service demands whose time of arrival,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Marco Pavone , Emilio Frazzoli , Francesco Bullo

This paper presents a novel deep reinforcement learning-based resource allocation technique for the multi-agent environment presented by a cognitive radio network that coexists through underlay dynamic spectrum access (DSA) with a primary…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-09 Ankita Tondwalkar , Dr Andres Kwasinski

Robotic applications nowadays are widely adopted to enhance operational automation and performance of real-world Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) including Industry 4.0, agriculture, healthcare, and disaster management. These applications are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Mahbuba Afrin , Jiong Jin , Akhlaqur Rahman , Ashfaqur Rahman , Jiafu Wan , Ekram Hossain

In this paper, we study the multi-robot task allocation problem where a group of robots needs to be allocated to a set of tasks so that the tasks can be finished optimally. One task may need more than one robot to finish it. Therefore the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Ayan Dutta , Vladimir Ufimtsev , Asai Asaithambi

In scenarios with numerous emergencies that arise and require the assistance of various rescue units (e.g., medical, fire, \& police forces), the rescue units would ideally be allocated quickly and distributedly while aiming to minimize…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Maya Lavie , Tehila Caspi , Omer Lev , Roei Zivan

Path planning in the multi-robot system refers to calculating a set of actions for each robot, which will move each robot to its goal without conflicting with other robots. Lately, the research topic has received significant attention for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Jingchuan Chen , Wei Chen , Jing Li , Xiguang Wei , Wenzhe Tan , Zuo-Jun Max Shen , Hongbo Li

In post-disaster scenarios, efficient search and rescue operations involve collaborative efforts between robots and humans. Existing planning approaches focus on specific aspects but overlook crucial elements like information gathering,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Hamid Osooli , Paul Robinette , Kshitij Jerath , S. Reza Ahmadzadeh