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High-level autonomy requires discrete and continuous reasoning to decide both what actions to take and how to execute them. Integrated Task and Motion Planning (TMP) algorithms solve these hybrid problems jointly to consider constraints…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Wil Thomason , Marlin P. Strub , Jonathan D. Gammell

The domain of safe multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), despite its potential applications in areas ranging from drone delivery and vehicle automation to the development of zero-energy communities, remains relatively unexplored. The…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-04-05 Raheeb Hassan , K. M. Shadman Wadith , Md. Mamun or Rashid , Md. Mosaddek Khan

A crucial challenge in decentralized systems is state estimation in the presence of unknown inputs, particularly within heterogeneous sensor networks with dynamic topologies. While numerous consensus algorithms have been introduced, they…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-13 Zida Wu , Ankur Mehta

We introduce a practical and scalable algorithm (PALMA) for solving one of the fundamental problems of multi-agent systems -- finding matches and allocations -- in unboundedly large settings (e.g., resource allocation in urban environments,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Panayiotis Danassis , Aleksei Triastcyn , Boi Faltings

The multi-agent path-finding (MAPF) problem has recently received a lot of attention. However, it does not capture important characteristics of many real-world domains, such as automated warehouses, where agents are constantly engaged with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-06-01 Hang Ma , Jiaoyang Li , T. K. Satish Kumar , Sven Koenig

Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) is an essential component of many large-scale, real-world robot deployments, from aerial swarms to warehouse automation. However, despite the community's continued efforts, most state-of-the-art MAPF planners…

Motion planning in uncertain environments like complex urban areas is a key challenge for autonomous vehicles (AVs). The aim of our research is to investigate how AVs can navigate crowded, unpredictable scenarios with multiple pedestrians…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Korbinian Moller , Truls Nyberg , Jana Tumova , Johannes Betz

In high-density environments where numerous autonomous agents move simultaneously in a distributed manner, streamlining global flows to mitigate local congestion is crucial to maintain overall navigation efficiency. This paper introduces a…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Takuro Kato , Keisuke Okumura , Yoko Sasaki , Naoya Yokomachi

We introduce the Cooperative Multi-Agent Path Finding (Co-MAPF) problem, an extension to the classical MAPF problem, where cooperative behavior is incorporated. In this setting, a group of autonomous agents operate in a shared environment…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Nir Greshler , Ofir Gordon , Oren Salzman , Nahum Shimkin

Multi-Agent Path-Finding (MAPF) focuses on the collaborative planning of paths for multiple agents within shared spaces, aiming for collision-free navigation. Conventional planning methods often overlook the presence of other agents, which…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-04 S Nordström , Y Bai , B Lindqvist , G Nikolakopoulos

Robotic imitation learning typically requires models that capture multimodal action distributions while operating at real-time control rates and accommodating multiple sensing modalities. Although recent generative approaches such as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Amisha Bhaskar , Pratap Tokekar , Stefano Di Cairano , Alexander Schperberg

Fully decentralized, multiagent trajectory planners enable complex tasks like search and rescue or package delivery by ensuring safe navigation in unknown environments. However, deconflicting trajectories with other agents and ensuring…

The problem of Multi-agent Path Finding (MAPF) consists in providing agents with efficient paths while preventing collisions. Numerous solvers have been developed so far since MAPF is critical for practical applications such as automated…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Keisuke Okumura , Yasumasa Tamura , Xavier Défago

Accurately estimating the positions of multi-agent systems in indoor environments is challenging due to the lack of Global Navigation Satelite System (GNSS) signals. Noisy measurements of position and orientation can cause the integrated…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Frida Viset , Rudy Helmons , Manon Kok

In this work, we study the problem where a group of mobile agents needs to reach a set of goal locations, but it does not matter which agent reaches a specific goal. Unlike most of the existing works on this topic that typically assume the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Stepan Dergachev , Konstantin Yakovlev

Emerging applications in multi-agent environments such as internet-of-things, networked sensing, autonomous systems and federated learning, call for decentralized algorithms for finite-sum optimizations that are resource-efficient in terms…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-12-03 Boyue Li , Zhize Li , Yuejie Chi

Multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) is concerned with planning collision-free paths for a team of agents from their start to goal locations in an environment cluttered with obstacles. Typical approaches for MAPF consider the locations of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-03-22 David Vainshtein , Kiril Solovey , Oren Salzman

Multi-agent path finding in continuous space and time with geometric agents MAPF$^\mathcal{R}$ is addressed in this paper. The task is to navigate agents that move smoothly between predefined positions to their individual goals so that they…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-04-29 Pavel Surynek

An exciting frontier in robotic manipulation is the use of multiple arms at once. However, planning concurrent motions is a challenging task using current methods. The high-dimensional composite state space renders many well-known motion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Yorai Shaoul , Itamar Mishani , Maxim Likhachev , Jiaoyang Li

Distributed Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) integrated with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) has emerged as a prominent research focus, enabling real-time cooperative decision-making in partially observable environments through…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Guotao Li , Shaoyun Xu , Yuexing Hao , Yang Wang , Yuhui Sun