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Multi robot systems have the potential to be utilized in a variety of applications. In most of the previous works, the trajectory generation for multi robot systems is implemented in known environments. To overcome that we present an online…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Vijay Arvindh , Govind Aadithya R , Shravan Krishnan , Sivanathan K

We present a scalable tree search planning algorithm for large multi-agent sequential decision problems that require dynamic collaboration. Teams of agents need to coordinate decisions in many domains, but naive approaches fail due to the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-01-14 Shushman Choudhury , Jayesh K. Gupta , Peter Morales , Mykel J. Kochenderfer

This paper presents a distributed, efficient, scalable and real-time motion planning algorithm for a large group of agents moving in 2 or 3-dimensional spaces. This algorithm enables autonomous agents to generate individual trajectories…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-09-13 Samaneh Hosseini Semnani , Anton de Ruiter , Hugh Liu

The precise prediction of multi-scale traffic is a ubiquitous challenge in the urbanization process for car owners, road administrators, and governments. In the case of complex road networks, current and past traffic information from both…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Jinhui Ouyang , Yijie Zhu , Xiang Yuan , Di Wu

We study the problem of planning collision-free paths for a group of homogeneous robots. We propose a novel approach for turning the paths that were planned egocentrically by the robots, e.g. without taking other robots' moves into account,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-07-06 Anton Andreychuk , Konstantin Yakovlev

This paper considers multi-goal motion planning in unstructured, obstacle-rich environments where a robot is required to reach multiple regions while avoiding collisions. The planned motions must also satisfy the differential constraints…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-27 Yuanjie Lu , Erion Plaku

This work deals with the problem of planning conflict-free paths for mobile robots in cluttered environments. Since centralized, coupled planning algorithms are computationally intractable for large numbers of robots, we consider decoupled…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-08-08 Wenying Wu , Subhrajit Bhattacharya , Amanda Prorok

We propose a scalable, distributed algorithm for the optimal transport of large-scale multi-agent systems. We formulate the problem as one of steering the collective towards a target probability measure while minimizing the total cost of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Vishaal Krishnan , Sonia Martínez

We present a scalable and effective multi-agent safe motion planner that enables a group of agents to move to their desired locations while avoiding collisions with obstacles and other agents, with the presence of rich obstacles,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Jingkai Chen , Jiaoyang Li , Chuchu Fan , Brian Williams

This technical report is an extended version of the paper 'A Receding Horizon Algorithm for Informative Path Planning with Temporal Logic Constraints' accepted to the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).…

Robotics · Computer Science 2013-02-01 Austin Jones , Mac Schwager , Calin Belta

In this paper, we focus on the problem of task allocation, cooperative path planning and motion coordination of the large-scale system with thousands of robots, aiming for practical applications in robotic warehouses and automated logistics…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-03 Zhe Liu , Hesheng Wang , Shunbo Zhou , Yi Shen , Yun-Hui Liu

The work describes the development of a hybrid control architecture for an anthropomorphic tour guide robot, combining a multi-agent resource management system with automatic behavior scenario generation based on large language models. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Elizaveta D. Moskovskaya , Anton D. Moscowsky

We consider a team of heterogeneous robots which are deployed within a common workspace to gather different types of data. The robots have different roles due to different capabilities: some gather data from the workspace (source robots)…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Meng Guo , Michael M. Zavlanos

We address the problem where a mobile search agent seeks to find an unknown number of stationary objects distributed in a bounded search domain, and the search mission is subject to time/distance constraint. Our work accounts for false…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Harun Yetkin , Collin Lutz , Daniel Stilwell

This paper investigates the online motion coordination problem for a group of mobile robots moving in a shared workspace. Based on the realistic assumptions that each robot is subject to both velocity and input constraints and can have only…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-23 Pian Yu , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Multi-agent active search requires autonomous agents to choose sensing actions that efficiently locate targets. In a realistic setting, agents also must consider the costs that their decisions incur. Previously proposed active search…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Arundhati Banerjee , Ramina Ghods , Jeff Schneider

Route planning for a fleet of vehicles is an important task in applications such as package delivery, surveillance, or transportation, often integrated within larger Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). This problem is commonly…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Daniel Fuertes , Carlos R. del-Blanco , Fernando Jaureguizar , Narciso García

Numerical optimization has become a popular approach to plan smooth motion trajectories for robots. However, when sharing space with humans, balancing properly safety, comfort and efficiency still remains challenging. This is notably the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Philipp Kratzer , Marc Toussaint , Jim Mainprice

We introduce the concept of continuous transportation task to the context of multi-agent systems. A continuous transportation task is one in which a multi-agent team visits a number of fixed locations, picks up objects, and delivers them to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2016-07-29 Chao Wang , Somchaya Liemhetcharat , Kian Hsiang Low

Multi-robot path planning is a computational process involving finding paths for each robot from its start to the goal while ensuring collision-free operation. It is widely used in robots and autonomous driving. However, the computational…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Biru Zhang , Jiankun Wang , Max Q. -H. Meng