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The problem of coordination without a priori information about the environment is important in robotics. Applications vary from formation control to search and rescue. This paper considers the problem of search by a group of solitary…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Jordan F. Masakuna , Simukai W. Utete , Steve Kroon

Multi-robot rendezvous and exploration are fundamental challenges in the domain of mobile robotic systems. This paper addresses multi-robot rendezvous within an initially unknown environment where communication is only possible after the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-22 Mauro Tellaroli , Matteo Luperto , Michele Antonazzi , Nicola Basilico

We consider the following variant of the two dimensional gathering problem for swarms of robots: Given a swarm of $n$ indistinguishable, point shaped robots on a two dimensional grid. Initially, the robots form a closed chain on the grid…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-10-20 Sebastian Abshoff , Andreas Cord-Landwehr , Matthias Fischer , Daniel Jung , Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide

We consider systems made of autonomous mobile robots evolving in highly dynamic discrete environment i.e., graphs where edges may appear and disappear unpredictably without any recurrence, stability, nor periodicity assumption. Robots are…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-03-30 Marjorie Bournat , Swan Dubois , Franck Petit

The problem of search by multiple agents to find and localize objects arises in many important applications. In this paper, we study a class of multi-agent search problems in which each agent can access only a subset of a discrete search…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Huanyu Ding , David Castanon

We address multi-robot geometric task-and-motion planning (MR-GTAMP) problems in synchronous, monotone setups. The goal of the MR-GTAMP problem is to move objects with multiple robots to goal regions in the presence of other movable…

Given a set of $n$ point robots inside a simple polygon $P$, the task is to move the robots from their starting positions to their target positions along their shortest paths, while the mutual visibility of these robots is preserved.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Rusul J. Alsaedi , Joachim Gudmundsson , André van Renssen

This work focuses on the persistent monitoring problem, where a set of targets moving based on an unknown model must be monitored by an autonomous mobile robot with a limited sensing range. To keep each target's position estimate as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Yizhuo Wang , Yutong Wang , Yuhong Cao , Guillaume Sartoretti

We consider the problem of tracking an intruder using a network of wireless sensors. For tracking the intruder at each instant, the optimal number and the right configuration of sensors has to be powered. As powering the sensors consumes…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Raghuram Bharadwaj Diddigi , Prabuchandran K. J. , Shalabh Bhatnagar

In this paper we study the Near-Gathering problem for a finite set of dimensionless, deterministic, asynchronous, anonymous, oblivious and autonomous mobile robots with limited visibility moving in the Euclidean plane in Look-Compute-Move…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-05-28 Linda Pagli , Giuseppe Prencipe , Giovanni Viglietta

Multi-agent systems are currently applied to solve complex problems. The security of networks is an eloquent example of a complex and difficult problem. A new model-concept Hybrid Sensitive Robot Metaheuristic for Intrusion Detection is…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2012-10-30 Camelia-M. Pintea , Petrica C. Pop

We address multi-robot geometric task-and-motion planning (MR-GTAMP) problems in synchronous, monotone setups. The goal of the MR-GTAMP problem is to move objects with multiple robots to goal regions in the presence of other movable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Hejia Zhang , Shao-Hung Chan , Jie Zhong , Jiaoyang Li , Sven Koenig , Stefanos Nikolaidis

This paper addresses security challenges in multi-robot systems (MRS) where adversaries may compromise robot control, risking unauthorized access to forbidden areas. We propose a novel multi-robot optimal planning algorithm that integrates…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Ziqi Yang , Roberto Tron

Heterogeneous multi-robot systems feature significant adaptability for complex environments. However, effective collaboration that fully exploits the robots' potential remains a core challenge. This paper proposes a decentralized…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Yuxiang Li , Kun Chen , Jiancheng Wang , Shihao Fang , Haoyao Chen , Yunhui Liu

We study the algorithmic problem of optimally covering a tree with $k$ mobile robots. The tree is known to all robots, and our goal is to assign a walk to each robot in such a way that the union of these walks covers the whole tree. We…

This paper presents a distributed approach for exploring and triangulating an unknown region using a multi- robot system. The objective is to produce a covering of an unknown workspace by a fixed number of robots such that the covered…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-02-04 SeoungKyou Lee , Aaron Becker , Sándor P. Fekete , Alexander Kröller , James McLurkin

Circumnavigation control is useful in real-world applications such as entrapping a hostile target. In this paper, we consider a heterogeneous multi-robot system where robots have different physical properties, such as maximum movement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-05-18 Weijia Yao , Sha Luo , Huimin Lu , Junhao Xiao

In the coordinated motion planning problem, we are given a graph together with the starting and destination vertices of $k$ robots. At each time step, any subset of robots may move, each traversing an edge of the graph, provided that no two…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Argyrios Deligkas , Eduard Eiben , Robert Ganian , Iyad Kanj

This paper considers the motion planning problem for multiple tethered planar mobile robots. Each robot is attached to a fixed base by a flexible cable. Since the robots share a common workspace, the interactions amongst the robots, cables,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Xu Zhang , Quang-Cuong Pham

The interception of moving targets is a widely studied issue. In this paper, we propose an algorithm of intercepting the moving target with a wheeled mobile robot in a dynamic environment. We first predict the future position of the target…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Chendi Qu , Jianping He , Jialun Li , Chongrong Fang , Yilin Mo