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For a team of heterogeneous robots executing multiple tasks, we propose a novel algorithm to optimally allocate tasks to robots while accounting for their different capabilities. Motivated by the need that robot teams have in many…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Gennaro Notomista , Siddharth Mayya , Seth Hutchinson , Magnus Egerstedt

We consider some classical optimization problems in path planning and network transport, and we introduce new auction-based algorithms for their optimal and suboptimal solution. The algorithms are based on mathematical ideas that are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Dimitri Bertsekas

Multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle is a prevailing type of aerial robots with wide real-world applications. The energy efficiency of the robot is a critical aspect of its performance, determining the range and duration of the missions that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Nicolas Michel , Ayush Patnaik , Zhaodan Kong , Xinfan Lin

State-of-the-art drone technologies have severe flight time limitations due to weight constraints, which inevitably lead to a relatively small amount of available energy. Therefore, frequent battery replacement or recharging is necessary in…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-13 MyungJae Shin , Joongheon Kim , Marco Levorato

Multi-robot task allocation is a ubiquitous problem in robotics due to its applicability in a variety of scenarios. Adaptive task-allocation algorithms account for unknown disturbances and unpredicted phenomena in the environment where…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Yousef Emam , Gennaro Notomista , Paul Glotfelter , Magnus Egerstedt

Multi-robot systems are uniquely well-suited to performing complex tasks such as patrolling and tracking, information gathering, and pick-up and delivery problems, offering significantly higher performance than single-robot systems. A…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Kiril Solovey , Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay , Federico Rossi , Michael T. Wolf , Marco Pavone

We consider the Multi-Robot Task Allocation (MRTA) problem that aims to optimize an assignment of multiple robots to multiple tasks in challenging environments which are with densely populated obstacles and narrow passages. In such…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Seabin Lee , Joonyeol Sim , Changjoo Nam

In this paper, a novel framework is presented that achieves a combined solution based on Multi-Robot Task Allocation (MRTA) and collision avoidance with respect to homogeneous measurement tasks taking place in industrial environments. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Rathin Chandra Shit , Sharmila Subudhi

This paper proposes an analytical framework for modelling resource contention in multi-robot systems, where the travel times and task durations are uncertain. It uses several approximation methods to quickly and accurately calculate the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Andrew W. Palmer , Andrew J. Hill , Steven J. Scheding

We propose a new formulation for the multi-robot task allocation problem that incorporates (a) complex precedence relationships between tasks, (b) efficient intra-task coordination, and (c) cooperation through the formation of robot…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Walker Gosrich , Saurav Agarwal , Kashish Garg , Siddharth Mayya , Matthew Malencia , Mark Yim , Vijay Kumar

Autonomous multi-robot optical inspection systems are increasingly applied for obtaining inline measurements in process monitoring and quality control. Numerous methods for path planning and robotic coordination have been developed for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Yinhua Liu , Wenzheng Zhao , Tim Lutz , Xiaowei Yue

Robot allocation plays an essential role in facilitating robotic service provision across various domains. Yet the increasing number of users and the uncertainties regarding the users' true service requirements have posed challenges for the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Yuhan Zhao , Quanyan Zhu

In this paper, we design an efficient algorithm for the energy-aware profit maximizing scheduling problem, where the high performance computing system administrator is to maximize the profit per unit time. The running time of the proposed…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-01-23 Weidong Li , Xi Liu , Xuejie Zhang , Xiaobo Cai

Most multi-robot task allocation methods rely on communication to resolve conflicts and reach consistent assignments. In environments with limited bandwidth, degraded infrastructure, or adversarial interference, existing approaches degrade…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Antonio Lopez , Jack Muirhead , Carlo Pinciroli

We consider a general multi-connectivity framework, intended for ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) services, and propose a novel, preallocation-based combinatorial auction approach for the efficient allocation of channels.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Dávid Csercsik , Eduard Jorswieck

In this article, we propose a reactive task allocation architecture for a multi-agent system for scenarios where the tasks arrive at random times and are grouped into multiple queues. Two stage tasks are considered where every task has a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-06 Niklas Dahlquist , Akshit Saradagi , George Nikolakopoulos

Task allocation plays a vital role in multi-robot autonomous cleaning systems, where multiple robots work together to clean a large area. However, most current studies mainly focus on deterministic, single-task allocation for cleaning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Yabin Wang , Xiaopeng Hong , Zhiheng Ma , Tiedong Ma , Baoxing Qin , Zhou Su

We study dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertain task completion, time-window constraints, and incomplete information. Tasks arrive online over a finite horizon and must be completed within specified deadlines, while agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-15 Maria G. Mendoza , Pan-Yang Su , Bryce L. Ferguson , S. Shankar Sastry

Task allocation is a key combinatorial optimization problem, crucial for modern applications such as multi-robot cooperation and resource scheduling. Decision makers must allocate entities to tasks reasonably across different scenarios.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Aicheng Gong , Kai Yang , Jiafei Lyu , Xiu Li

In this paper, we consider fair assignment of complex requests for Mobility-On-Demand systems. We model the transportation requests as temporal logic formulas that must be satisfied by a fleet of vehicles. We require that the assignment of…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Kaier Liang , Cristian-Ioan Vasile