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We introduce a novel framework for automatic behavior tree (BT) construction in heterogeneous multi-robot systems, designed to address the challenges of adaptability and robustness in dynamic environments. Traditional robots are limited by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Chaoran Wang , Jingyuan Sun , Yanhui Zhang , Mingyu Zhang , Changju Wu

Integrating the heterogeneous controllers of a complex mechanical system, such as a mobile manipulator, within the same structure and in a modular way is still challenging. In this work we extend our framework based on Behavior Trees for…

Multi-robot teams offer possibilities of improved performance and fault tolerance, compared to single robot solutions. In this paper, we show how to realize those possibilities when starting from a single robot system controlled by a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-02-11 Michele Colledanchise , Alejandro Marzinotto , Dimos V. Dimarogonas , Petter Ögren

Mass customization and shorter manufacturing cycles are becoming more important among small and medium-sized companies. However, classical industrial robots struggle to cope with product variation and dynamic environments. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Aayush Jain , Philip Long , Valeria Villani , John D. Kelleher , Maria Chiara Leva

In this study, we propose task planning framework for multiple robots that builds on a behavior tree (BT). BTs communicate with a data distribution service (DDS) to send and receive data. Since the standard BT derived from one root node…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Seungwoo Jeong , Taekwon Ga , Inhwan Jeong , Jongeun Choi

The task of translating between programming languages differs from the challenge of translating natural languages in that programming languages are designed with a far more rigid set of structural and grammatical rules. Previous work has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-07-06 Mehdi Drissi , Olivia Watkins , Aditya Khant , Vivaswat Ojha , Pedro Sandoval , Rakia Segev , Eric Weiner , Robert Keller

Natural language is the most intuitive medium for us to interact with other people when expressing commands and instructions. However, using language is seldom an easy task when humans need to express their intent towards robots, since most…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-28 Arthur Bucker , Luis Figueredo , Sami Haddadin , Ashish Kapoor , Shuang Ma , Rogerio Bonatti

Modelling pedestrian behavior is crucial in the development and testing of autonomous vehicles. In this work, we present a hierarchical pedestrian behavior model that generates high-level decisions through the use of behavior trees, in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Scott Larter , Rodrigo Queiroz , Sean Sedwards , Atrisha Sarkar , Krzysztof Czarnecki

As reinforcement learning for humanoid robots evolves from single-task to multi-skill paradigms, efficiently expanding new skills while avoiding catastrophic forgetting has become a key challenge in embodied intelligence. Existing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Yifei Yan , Linqi Ye

In this work, we propose a gesture based language to allow humans to interact with robots using their body in a natural way. We have created a new gesture detection model using neural networks and a custom dataset of humans performing a set…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Javier Laplaza , Joan Jaume Oliver , Ramón Romero , Alberto Sanfeliu , Anaís Garrell

In this paper we provide a formal framework for comparing the expressive power of Behavior Trees (BTs) to other action selection architectures. Taking inspiration from the analogous comparisons of structural programming methodologies, we…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Oliver Biggar , Mohammad Zamani , Iman Shames

In recent years, the model of computation known as Behavior Trees (BT), first developed in the video game industry, has become more popular in the robotics community for defining discrete behavior switching. BTs are threatening to supplant…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-11 Joshua M. Zutell , David C. Conner , Philipp Schillinger

Robot missions typically involve a number of desired objectives, such as avoiding collisions, staying connected to other robots, gathering information using sensors and returning to the charging station before the battery runs out. Some of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-24 Özer Özkahraman , Petter Ögren

We propose a hybrid combination of active inference and behavior trees (BTs) for reactive action planning and execution in dynamic environments, showing how robotic tasks can be formulated as a free-energy minimization problem. The proposed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Corrado Pezzato , Carlos Hernandez Corbato , Stefan Bonhof , Martijn Wisse

Behavior Trees (BTs) offer a powerful paradigm for designing modular and reactive robot controllers. BT planning, an emerging field, provides theoretical guarantees for the automated generation of reliable BTs. However, BT planning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Yishuai Cai , Xinglin Chen , Yunxin Mao , Kun Hu , Minglong Li , Yaodong Yang , Yuanpei Chen

Dynamic regression trees are an attractive option for automatic regression and classification with complicated response surfaces in on-line application settings. We create a sequential tree model whose state changes in time with the…

Methodology · Statistics 2010-11-23 Matthew A. Taddy , Robert B. Gramacy , Nicholas G. Polson

We propose a promising neural network model with which to acquire a grounded representation of robot actions and the linguistic descriptions thereof. Properly responding to various linguistic expressions, including polysemous words, is an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Minori Toyoda , Kanata Suzuki , Hiroki Mori , Yoshihiko Hayashi , Tetsuya Ogata

In this paper we show how the combination of Behaviour Tree and Utility Based AI architecture can be used to design more realistic bots for Military Simulators. In this work, we have designed a mathematical model of a simulator system which…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Shruti Jadon , Anubhav Singhal , Suma Dawn

In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of using knowledge graphs to interpret actions and behaviors for robot manipulation control. Equipped with an uncalibrated visual servoing controller, we propose to use robot knowledge graphs to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Chen Jiang , Allie Wang , Martin Jagersand

Unraveling the nature of the communication model that governs which two individuals in a swarm interact with each other is an important line of inquiry in the collective behavior sciences. A number of models have been proposed in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-01-24 Musad Haque , Connor McGowan , Yifan Guo , Douglas Kirkpatrick , Julie A. Adams