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We consider task allocation for multi-object transport using a multi-robot system, in which each robot selects one object among multiple objects with different and unknown weights. The existing centralized methods assume the number of…

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Autonomous robots operating in open environments need the ability to continuously handle tasks that are not covered by predefined local methods. However, existing approaches often rely on repeated large-language-model (LLM) interaction for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Hong Su

Centralized trajectory optimization in the joint space of multiple robots allows access to a larger feasible space that can result in smoother trajectories, especially while planning in tight spaces. Unfortunately, it is often…

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Multi-robot systems have begun to permeate into a variety of different fields, but collision-free navigation in a decentralized manner is still an arduous task. Typically, the navigation of high speed multi-robot systems demands replanning…

A fundamental challenge in multi-robot motion planning is achieving sufficient coordination to avoid inter-robot conflicts without incurring the large computational expense of searching the joint configuration space of the robot group. In…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Isaac Ngui , Courtney McBeth , James D. Motes , Marco Morales , Nancy M. Amato

Traditional control interfaces for quadruped robots often impose a high barrier to entry, requiring specialized technical knowledge for effective operation. To address this, this paper presents a novel control framework that integrates…

Task And Motion Planning (TAMP) is the problem of finding a solution to an automated planning problem that includes discrete actions executable by low-level continuous motions. This field is gaining increasing interest within the robotics…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Elisa Tosello , Alessandro Valentini , Andrea Micheli

Robots operate under significant uncertainty, from quantifiable noise to unquantifiable unknowns, and must account for strict operational constraints, such as limited resources. In this paper, we consider the problem of synthesizing robust…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Yihao Yin , Pian Yu , Andrea Turrini , Zhiming Chi , Yong Li , Lijun Zhang

Adaptive task planning is fundamental to ensuring effective and seamless human-robot collaboration. This paper introduces a robot task planning framework that takes into account both human leading/following preferences and performance,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Ali Noormohammadi-Asl , Stephen L. Smith , Kerstin Dautenhahn

Letting robots emulate human behavior has always posed a challenge, particularly in scenarios involving multiple robots. In this paper, we presented a framework aimed at achieving multi-agent reinforcement learning for robot control in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Kangkang Duan , Christine Wun Ki Suen , Zhengbo Zou

Modern GPUs adopt chiplet-based designs with multiple private cache hierarchies, but current programming models (CUDA/HIP) expose a flat execution hierarchy that cannot express chiplet-level locality or synchronization. This mismatch leads…

Modern robotic manufacturing requires collision-free coordination of multiple robots to complete numerous tasks in shared, obstacle-rich workspaces. Although individual tasks may be simple in isolation, automated joint task allocation,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Matthew Lai , Keegan Go , Zhibin Li , Torsten Kroger , Stefan Schaal , Kelsey Allen , Jonathan Scholz

When individual robots have limited sensing capabilities or insufficient fault tolerance, it becomes necessary for multiple robots to form teams during exploration, thereby increasing the collective observation range and reliability.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Hiroaki Kawashima , Shun Ikejima , Takeshi Takai , Mikita Miyaguchi , Yasuharu Kunii

Heterogeneous multirobot systems show great potential in complex tasks requiring coordinated hybrid cooperation. However, existing methods that rely on static or task-specific models often lack generalizability across diverse tasks and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Haokun Liu , Zhaoqi Ma , Yunong Li , Junichiro Sugihara , Yicheng Chen , Jinjie Li , Moju Zhao

Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly impacted various domains, especially through organized LLM-driven autonomous agents. A representative scenario is in software development, where agents can collaborate in a team like humans,…

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Multi-robot systems can greatly enhance efficiency through coordination and collaboration, yet in practice, full-time communication is rarely available and interactions are constrained to close-range exchanges. Existing methods either…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Xintong Zhang , Junfeng Chen , Yuxiao Zhu , Bing Luo , Meng Guo

Large Language Models (LLMs) have been recently used in robot applications for grounding LLM common-sense reasoning with the robot's perception and physical abilities. In humanoid robots, memory also plays a critical role in fostering…

Multi-robot motion planning (MRMP) is the problem of finding collision-free paths for a set of robots in a continuous state space. The difficulty of MRMP increases with the number of robots and is exacerbated in environments with narrow…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-17 Courtney McBeth , James Motes , Diane Uwacu , Marco Morales , Nancy M. Amato

Large language models (LLMs) have opened new opportunities for transforming natural language user intents into executable actions. This capability enables embodied AI agents to perform complex tasks, without involvement of an expert, making…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Farhad Keramat , Salma Salimi , Tomi Westerlund

This work presents a decentralized motion planning framework for addressing the task of multi-robot navigation using deep reinforcement learning. A custom simulator was developed in order to experimentally investigate the navigation problem…