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This paper introduces a hybrid algorithm of deep reinforcement learning (RL) and Force-based motion planning (FMP) to solve distributed motion planning problem in dense and dynamic environments. Individually, RL and FMP algorithms each have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-01 Samaneh Hosseini Semnani , Hugh Liu , Michael Everett , Anton de Ruiter , Jonathan P. How

We address the problem of optimally controlling Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) arriving from four multi-lane roads at an intersection where they conflict in terms of safely crossing (including turns) with no collision. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-07 Huile Xu , Wei Xiao , Christos G. Cassandras , Yi Zhang , Li Li

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

Coordinated operations of multi-robot systems (MRS) require agents to maintain communication connections to accomplish team objectives. However, maintaining the connections imposes costs in terms of restricted robot mobility, resulting in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Kunal Garg , Xi Yu

We present a vehicle system capable of navigating safely and efficiently around Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), such as pedestrians and cyclists. The system comprises key modules for environment perception, localization and mapping, motion…

This paper presents a decentralized control framework that incorporates social awareness into multi-agent systems with unknown dynamics to achieve prescribed-time reach-avoid-stay tasks in dynamic environments. Each agent is assigned a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 Siddhartha Upadhyay , Ratnangshu Das , Pushpak Jagtap

We present a novel algorithm for computing collision-free navigation for heterogeneous road-agents such as cars, tricycles, bicycles, and pedestrians in dense traffic. Our approach currently assumes the positions, shapes, and velocities of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-11-15 Yuexin Ma , Dinesh Manocha , Wenping Wang

Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms are increasingly used as rapidly deployable aerial relays and sensing platforms, yet practical deployments must operate under partial observability and intermittent peer-to-peer links. We…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Enguang Fan , Yifan Chen , Zihan Shan , Matthew Caesar , Jae Kim

The convergence of Web3 technologies and AI agents represents a rapidly evolving frontier poised to reshape decentralized ecosystems. This paper presents the first and most comprehensive analysis of the intersection between Web3 and AI…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Yiming Shen , Jiashuo Zhang , Zhenzhe Shao , Wenxuan Luo , Yanlin Wang , Ting Chen , Zibin Zheng , Jiachi Chen

This paper presents a framework for multi-agent navigation in structured but dynamic environments, integrating three key components: a shared semantic map encoding metric and semantic environmental knowledge, a claim policy for coordinating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Koen de Vos , Elena Torta , Herman Bruyninckx , Cesar Lopez Martinez , Rene van de Molengraft

The rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs) has enabled the development of multi-agent systems where multiple LLM-based agents collaborate on complex tasks. However, existing systems often rely on centralized coordination, leading…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Yingxuan Yang , Huacan Chai , Shuai Shao , Yuanyi Song , Siyuan Qi , Renting Rui , Weinan Zhang

In complex multi-agent systems involving heterogeneous teams, uncertainty arises from numerous sources like environmental disturbances, model inaccuracies, and changing tasks. This causes planned trajectories to become infeasible, requiring…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-18 Neelanga Thelasingha , Agung Julius , James Humann , James Dotterweich

Navigation and guidance of autonomous vehicles is a fundamental problem in robotics, which has attracted intensive research in recent decades. This report is mainly concerned with provable collision avoidance of multiple autonomous vehicles…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-28 Michael Hoy

We present a resilient deep neural network (DNN) framework for decentralized transport and coverage using uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) operating in $\mathbb{R}^n$. The proposed DNN-based mass-transport architecture constructs a layered…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-09 Muhammad Junayed Hasan Zahed , Hossein Rastgoftar

Dense 3D reconstruction and ego-motion estimation are key challenges in autonomous driving and robotics. Compared to the complex, multi-modal systems deployed today, multi-camera systems provide a simpler, low-cost alternative. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Aron Schmied , Tobias Fischer , Martin Danelljan , Marc Pollefeys , Fisher Yu

Realtime 4D reconstruction for dynamic scenes remains a crucial challenge for autonomous driving perception. Most existing methods rely on depth estimation through self-supervision or multi-modality sensor fusion. In this paper, we propose…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Xin Fei , Wenzhao Zheng , Yueqi Duan , Wei Zhan , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Kurt Keutzer , Jiwen Lu

We propose a finite-state, decentralized decision and control framework for multi-agent ground coverage. The approach decomposes the problem into two coupled components: (i) the structural design of a deep neural network (DNN) induced by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-06 Hossein Rastgoftar

Multi-vehicle trajectory planning is a non-convex problem that becomes increasingly difficult in dense environments due to the rapid growth of collision constraints. Efficient exploration of feasible behaviors and resolution of tight…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Heye Huang , Yibin Yang , Wang Chen , Tiantian Chen , Xiaopeng Li , Sikai Chen

Environment sensing and fusion via onboard sensors are envisioned to be widely applied in future autonomous driving networks. This paper considers a vehicular system with multiple self-driving vehicles that is assisted by multi-access edge…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Xueyao Zhang , Bo Yang , Xuelin Cao , Zhiwen Yu , George C. Alexandropoulos , Yan Zhang , Merouane Debbah , Chau Yuen

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) requires collision-free trajectories for multiple agents on a shared graph, often with the objective of minimizing the sum-of-costs (SOC). Many optimal and bounded-suboptimal solvers rely on time-expanded…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Fernando Salanova , Eduardo Montijano , Cristian Mahulea