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We consider the problem of dynamically allocating tasks to multiple agents under time window constraints and task completion uncertainty. Our objective is to minimize the number of unsuccessful tasks at the end of the operation horizon. We…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Shushman Choudhury , Jayesh K. Gupta , Mykel J. Kochenderfer , Dorsa Sadigh , Jeannette Bohg

High-speed, low-latency obstacle avoidance that is insensitive to sensor noise is essential for enabling multiple decentralized robots to function reliably in cluttered and dynamic environments. While other distributed multi-agent collision…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-07-07 Pinxin Long , Wenxi Liu , Jia Pan

The multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) problem seeks collision-free paths for a team of agents from their current positions to their pre-set goals in a known environment, and is an essential problem found at the core of many logistics,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-13 Chengyang He , Tianze Yang , Tanishq Duhan , Yutong Wang , Guillaume Sartoretti

AGVs are driverless robotic vehicles that picks up and delivers materials. How to improve the efficiency while preventing deadlocks is the core issue in designing AGV systems. In this paper, we propose an approach to tackle this problem.The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Dong Li , Bo Ouyang , Duanpo Wu , Yaonan Wang

The Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem aims to determine the shortest and collision-free paths for multiple agents in a known, potentially obstacle-ridden environment. It is the core challenge for robotic deployments in large-scale…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Shuhao Liao , Weihang Xia , Yuhong Cao , Weiheng Dai , Chengyang He , Wenjun Wu , Guillaume Sartoretti

The Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem aims to find collision-free paths for multiple agents while optimizing objectives such as the sum of costs or makespan. MAPF has wide applications in domains like automated warehouses,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Jingtian Yan , Shuai Zhou , Stephen F. Smith , Jiaoyang Li

For many multiagent control problems, neural networks (NNs) have enabled promising new capabilities. However, many of these systems lack formal guarantees (e.g., collision avoidance, robustness), which prevents leveraging these advances in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-29 Zihao Dong , Shayegan Omidshafiei , Michael Everett

We present Multi-Agent gatekeeper, a framework that provides provable safety guarantees for leader-follower formation control in cluttered 3D environments. Existing methods face a trad-off: online planners and controllers lack formal safety…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Thomas Marshall Vielmetti , Devansh R Agrawal , Dimitra Panagou

This paper addresses the problem of navigation control of a general class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems in a bounded workspace of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with static obstacles. In particular, we propose a decentralized control protocol…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Alexandros Filotheou , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

As Mobility as a Service (MaaS) systems become increasingly popular, travel is changing from unimodal trips to personalized services offered by a platform of mobility operators. Evaluation of MaaS platforms depends on modeling both user…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-14 Theodoros P. Pantelidis , Joseph Y. J. Chow , Saeid Rasulkhani

This work introduces a Strategic Pseudo-Goal Perturbation (SPGP) technique, a novel approach to resolve deadlock situations in multi-agent navigation scenarios. Leveraging the robust framework of Safety Barrier Certificates, our method…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-07-26 Abhishek Jha , Tanishq Gupta , Sumit Singh Rawat , Girish Kumar

Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) involves planning efficient paths for multiple agents to move simultaneously while avoiding collisions. In typical warehouse environments, agents are often sparsely distributed along aisles; however,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Hiroya Makino , Seigo Ito

Multi-Agent Motion Planning (MAMP) finds various applications in fields such as traffic management, airport operations, and warehouse automation. In many of these environments, differential drive robots are commonly used. These robots have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Jingtian Yan , Jiaoyang Li

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

Ride-sourcing services are now reshaping the way people travel by effectively connecting drivers and passengers through mobile internets. Online matching between idle drivers and waiting passengers is one of the most key components in a…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Jintao Ke , Feng Xiao , Hai Yang , Jieping Ye

This paper investigates Multi-Agent Path Finding Among Movable Obstacles (M-PAMO), which seeks collision-free paths for multiple agents from their start to goal locations among static and movable obstacles. M-PAMO arises in logistics and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Shaoli Hu , Shizhe Zhao , Zhongqiang Ren

Deep reinforcement learning has shown promise in various engineering applications, including vehicular traffic control. The non-stationary nature of traffic, especially in the lane-free environment with more degrees of freedom in vehicle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Mehran Berahman , Majid Rostami-Shahrbabaki , Klaus Bogenberger

The emerging technology of the Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator (ATMA), a leader-follower style vehicle system, utilizes connected and automated vehicle capabilities to enhance safety during transportation infrastructure maintenance in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-09 Qing Tang , Xianbiao Hu

The problem of finding conflict-free trajectories for multiple agents of identical circular shape, operating in shared 2D workspace, is addressed in the paper and decoupled, e.g., prioritized, approach is used to solve this problem. Agents'…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-03-16 Konstantin Yakovlev , Anton Andreychuk

Communication delays can be catastrophic for multiagent systems. However, most existing state-of-the-art multiagent trajectory planners assume perfect communication and therefore lack a strategy to rectify this issue in real-world…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Kota Kondo , Reinaldo Figueroa , Juan Rached , Jesus Tordesillas , Parker C. Lusk , Jonathan P. How