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We investigate the problem of optimal control synthesis for Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), addressing both qualitative and quantitative objectives. Specifically, we require the system to satisfy a qualitative task specified by a Linear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-19 Yu Chen , Xuanyuan Yin , Shaoyuan Li , Xiang Yin

In this paper, we develop a method to automatically generate a control policy for a dynamical system modeled as a Markov Decision Process (MDP). The control specification is given as a Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) formula over a set of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2011-03-24 Xu Chu Ding , Stephen L. Smith , Calin Belta , Daniela Rus

Inspection of power line infrastructures must be periodically conducted by electric companies in order to ensure reliable electric power distribution. Research efforts are focused on automating the power line inspection process by looking…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-05 Giuseppe Silano , Davide Liuzza , Luigi Iannelli , Martin Saska

This paper deals with the control synthesis problem for a continuous nonlinear dynamical system under a Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) formula. The proposed solution is a top-down hierarchical decomposition of the control problem involving…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-04-09 Pierre-Jean Meyer , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

We consider a problem called task ordering with path uncertainty (TOP-U) where multiple robots are provided with a set of task locations to visit in a bounded environment, but the length of the path between a pair of task locations is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-07-05 Bradley Woosley , Prithviraj Dasgupta

We consider a path-planning scenario for a mobile robot traveling in a configuration space with obstacles under the presence of stochastic disturbances. A novel path length metric is proposed on the uncertain configuration space and then…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-02 Jeb Stefan , Ali Reza Pedram , Riku Funada , Takashi Tanaka

This paper addresses the challenge of planning a sequence of tasks to be performed by multiple robots while minimizing the overall completion time subject to timing and precedence constraints. Our approach uses the Timed Partial Orders…

We study the problem of optimal multi-robot path planning on graphs (MPP) over four distinct minimization objectives: the total arrival time, the makespan (last arrival time), the total distance, and the maximum (single-robot traveled)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Jingjin Yu , Steven M. LaValle

Linear temporal logic (LTL) has recently been adopted as a powerful formalism for specifying complex, temporally extended tasks in multi-task reinforcement learning (RL). However, learning policies that efficiently satisfy arbitrary…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Mathias Jackermeier , Alessandro Abate

Metric temporal logic (MTL) provides a formal framework for defining time-dependent mission requirements on autonomous vehicles. However, optimizing control decisions subject to these constraints is often computationally expensive. This…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-03 Andrew F. Thompson , Joshua A. Robbins , Jonah J. Glunt , Sean B. Brennan , Herschel C. Pangborn

Signal Temporal Logic (STL) is a powerful specification language for describing complex temporal behaviors of continuous signals, making it well-suited for high-level robotic task descriptions. However, generating executable plans for STL…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Ruijia Liu , Ancheng Hou , Xiao Yu , Xiang Yin

This paper addresses the problem of task assignment and trajectory generation for installing bird diverters using a fleet of multi-rotors. The proposed solution extends our previous motion planner to compute feasible and constrained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Alvaro Caballero , Giuseppe Silano

In this paper, we present a novel approach to efficiently generate collision-free optimal trajectories for multiple non-holonomic mobile robots in obstacle-rich environments. Our approach first employs a graph-based multi-agent path planner…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-29 Juncheng Li , Maopeng Ran , Lihua Xie

This paper investigates the task coordination of multi-robot where each robot has a private individual temporal logic task specification; and also has to jointly satisfy a globally given collaborative temporal logic task specification. To…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-30 Ruofei Bai , Ronghao Zheng , Meiqin Liu , Senlin Zhang

We introduce a technique for synthesis of control and communication strategies for a team of agents from a global task specification given as a Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) formula over a set of properties that can be satisfied by the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2011-11-10 Yushan Chen , Xu Chu Ding , Calin Belta

While Large Language Models (LLM) enable non-experts to specify open-world multi-robot tasks, the generated plans often lack kinematic feasibility and are not efficient, especially in long-horizon scenarios. Formal methods like Linear…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Shuyuan Hu , Tao Lin , Kai Ye , Yang Yang , Tianwei Zhang

Autonomous agents often face the challenge of interpreting uncertain natural language instructions for planning tasks. Representing these instructions as Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) enables planners to synthesize actionable plans. We…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Kumar Manas , Stefan Zwicklbauer , Adrian Paschke

This paper presents an iterative approach for heterogeneous multi-agent route planning in environments with unknown resource distributions. We focus on a team of robots with diverse capabilities tasked with executing missions specified…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Gustavo A. Cardona , Kaier Liang , Cristian-Ioan Vasile

In manufacturing, the increasing involvement of autonomous robots in production processes poses new challenges on the production management. In this paper we report on the usage of Optimization Modulo Theories (OMT) to solve certain…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Francesco Leofante , Erika Ábrahám , Tim Niemueller , Gerhard Lakemeyer , Armando Tacchella

This letter presents a novel multi-robot task allocation and path planning method that considers robots' maximum range constraints in large-sized workspaces, enabling robots to complete the assigned tasks within their range limits. Firstly,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Gang Xu , Yuchen Wu , Sheng Tao , Yifan Yang , Tao Liu , Tao Huang , Huifeng Wu , Yong Liu
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