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One of the challenges in optimization of high dimensional problems is finding appropriate solutions in a way that are as close as possible to the global optima. In this regard, one of the most common phenomena that occurs is the curse of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Somayeh Seifi Shalamzari , Mojtaba Banifakhr

Recently proposed models which learn to write computer programs from data use either input/output examples or rich execution traces. Instead, we argue that a novel alternative is to use a glass-box loss function, given as a program itself…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-09-27 Konstantina Christakopoulou , Adam Tauman Kalai

The paper presents a comprehensive performance evaluation of some heuristic search algorithms in the context of autonomous systems and robotics. The objective of the study is to evaluate and compare the performance of different search…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Aya Kherrour , Marco Robol , Marco Roveri , Paolo Giorgini

In robotics, coordinating a group of robots is an essential task. This work presents the communication-constrained multi-agent multi-goal path planning problem and proposes a graph-search based algorithm to address this task. Given a fleet…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Jáchym Herynek , Stefan Edelkamp

The art of heuristic design has traditionally been a human pursuit. While Large Language Models (LLMs) can generate code for search heuristics, their application has largely been confined to adjusting simple functions within human-crafted…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Guorui Quan , Mingfei Sun , Manuel López-Ibáñez

Although heuristic search is one of the most successful approaches to classical planning, this planning paradigm does not apply straightforwardly to Generalized Planning (GP). Planning as heuristic search traditionally addresses the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-29 Javier Segovia-Aguas , Sergio Jiménez , Anders Jonsson

In this paper we present a new population based metaheuristic called the fixed set search (FSS). The proposed approach represents a method of adding a learning mechanism to the greedy randomized adaptive search procedure (GRASP). The basic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-09-14 Raka Jovanovic , Milan Tuba , Stefan Voss

We present a method to apply heuristic search algorithms to solve rearrangement planning by pushing problems. In these problems, a robot must push an object through clutter to achieve a goal. To do this, we exploit the fact that contact…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-03-30 Jennifer E. King , Siddhartha S. Srinivasa

A major component for developing intelligent and autonomous robots is a suitable knowledge representation, from which a robot can acquire knowledge about its actions or world. However, unlike humans, robots cannot creatively adapt to novel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Md. Sadman Sakib , David Paulius , Yu Sun

The research and development of intelligent automation solutions is a ground-breaking point for the factory of the future. A promising and challenging mission is the use of autonomous robot systems to automate tasks in the field of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Christian Friedrich , Akos Csiszar , Armin Lechler , Alexander Verl

Trained humans exhibit highly agile spatial skills, enabling them to operate vehicles with complex dynamics in demanding tasks and conditions. Prior work shows that humans achieve this performance by using strategies such as satisficing,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-28 Andrew Feit , Bérénice Mettler

In this paper, we develop upon the topic of loss function learning, an emergent meta-learning paradigm that aims to learn loss functions that significantly improve the performance of the models trained under them. Specifically, we propose a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Christian Raymond , Qi Chen , Bing Xue , Mengjie Zhang

We present methods for co-designing rigid robots over control and morphology (including discrete topology) over multiple objectives. Previous work has addressed problems in single-objective robot co-design or multi-objective control.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-16 Jie Xu , Andrew Spielberg , Allan Zhao , Daniela Rus , Wojciech Matusik

In complex missions such as search and rescue,robots must make intelligent decisions in unknown environments, relying on their ability to perceive and understand their surroundings. High-quality and real-time reconstruction enhances…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Zijun Xu , Rui Jin , Ke Wu , Yi Zhao , Zhiwei Zhang , Jieru Zhao , Fei Gao , Zhongxue Gan , Wenchao Ding

Graph search planning algorithms for navigation typically rely heavily on heuristics to efficiently plan paths. As a result, while such approaches require no training phase and can directly plan long horizon paths, they often require…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Rishi Veerapaneni , Muhammad Suhail Saleem , Maxim Likhachev

Discrete Search of integer spaces for tool parameter values provides a powerful methodology for modeling and finding a heuristically optimal parameter list for a given system. Current tools and implementations that exist focus primarily on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-01 Omar Radwan , Yilin Zhang , Luca Geretti

Whether a robot can perform some specific task depends on several aspects, including the robot's sensors and the plans it possesses. We are interested in search algorithms that treat plans and sensor designs jointly, yielding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-25 Yulin Zhang , Dylan A. Shell

This paper presents a non-manual design engineering method based on heuristic search algorithm to search for candidate agents in the solution space which formed by artificial intelligence agents modeled on the base of bionics.Compared with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-07-30 Zengkun Li

While Large Language Models (LLMs) have recently shown promise in Automated Heuristic Design (AHD), existing approaches typically formulate AHD around constructive priority rules or parameterized local search guidance, thereby restricting…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Baoyun Zhao , He Wang , Liang Zeng

Planning the motion for humanoid robots is a computationally-complex task due to the high dimensionality of the system. Thus, a common approach is to first plan in the low-dimensional space induced by the robot's feet---a task referred to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-12 Vinitha Ranganeni , Sahit Chintalapudi , Oren Salzman , Maxim Likhachev