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Haris Aziz, Arindam Pal, Ali Pourmiri, Fahimeh Ramezani + 1 more
'Brendan Sims'] Recent Findings: In recent work, research has focused on handling complex objectives and feasibility constraints amongst other variations of the multirobot task allocation problem. ere are many examples of important research and recent progress in these directions, which are captured in this survey…
Prabhat Mahato, S. Saha, Chayan Sarkar, Md Shaghil
In a multi-robot system, the appropriate allocation of the tasks to the individual robots is a very significant component. The availability of a centralized infrastructure can guarantee an optimal allocation of the tasks. However, in many important scenarios such as search and rescue, exploration, disastermanagement…
Nayyer Fazal, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Shahzad Anwar, Javaid Iqbal + 2 more
'Shahbaz Khan' 'Mohd Nadhir Ab Wahab'] Task allocation is a fundamental requirement for multi-robot systems working in dynamic environments. An efficient task allocation algorithm allows the robots to adjust their behavior in response to environmental changes such as fault occurrences, or other robots’ actions to…
Kazuki Shibata, T. Jimbo, Tadashi Odashima, Keisuke Takeshita + 1 more
'Takamitsu Matsubara'] ∗ Applied Mathematics Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan (e-mail: kshibata@mosk.tytlabs.co.jp). ∗∗ R-Frontier Division, Frontier Research Center, Toyota Motor Corporation, 1, Toyota-cho, Toyota, Aichi 471-8571, Japan ∗∗∗ Division of…
Youdong Yuan, Ping Yang, Hanbing Jiang, Tiange Shi + 2 more
'Gang Hu'] Addressing challenges in the traditional K-means algorithm, such as the challenge of selecting initial clustering center points and the lack of a maximum limit on the number of clusters, and where the set of tasks in the clusters is not reasonably sorted after the task assignment, which makes the cooperative…
Roee M. Francos, Alfred M. Bruckstein
Intelligent robotic systems are becoming ever more present in our lives across a multitude of domains such as industry, transportation, agriculture, security, healthcare and even education. Such systems enable humans to focus on the interesting and sophisticated tasks while robots accomplish tasks that are either too…
Seabin Lee, Joonyeol Sim, Changjoo Nam
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 environments, conventional methods optimizing the sum-of-cost are often ineffective…
Yanni Shen, Jianjun Meng
With the advent of Industry 4.0, the seamless integration of industrial systems and unmanned technologies has significantly accelerated the development of smart industries. However, the research on task allocation for railway maintenance robots remains limited, particularly with respect to optimizing costs and…
Mohsen Denguir, Ameur Touir, Achraf Gazdar, Safwan Qasem + 1 more
This paper presents a comprehensive framework for mission planning and execution with a heterogeneous multi-robot system, specifically designed to coordinate unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in dynamic and unstructured environments. The proposed architecture evaluates the mission…
Winston Smith, Yu Zhang
— One simplifying assumption in existing and wellperforming task allocation methods is that the robots are single-tasking: each robot operates on a single task at any given time. While this assumption is harmless to make in some situations, it can be inefficient or even infeasible in others. In this paper, we consider…
Logan E. Beaver
Heterogeneous Teams Authors: ['Logan E. Beaver'] Abstract— In this article we propose a game-theoretic approach to the multi-robot task allocation problem using the framework of global games. Each task is associated with a global signal, a real-valued number that captures the task execution progress and/or urgency. We…
Tingjun Lei, Pradeep Chintam, Chaomin Luo, Lantao Liu + 3 more
'David Cheneler' 'Stephen Monk'] In real-world applications, multiple robots need to be dynamically deployed to their appropriate locations as teams while the distance cost between robots and goals is minimized, which is known to be an NP-hard problem. In this paper, a new framework of team-based multi-robot task…
Yuma Shida, T. Jimbo, Tadashi Odashima, Takamitsu Matsubara
Transportation with Infeasible Tasks Authors: ['Yuma Shida' 'T. Jimbo' 'Tadashi Odashima' 'Takamitsu Matsubara'] Abstract— Multi-object transport using multi-robot systems has the potential for diverse practical applications such as delivery services owing to its efficient individual and scalable cooperative transport.…
Gaurav Misra, A Suzumura, Andres Rodriguez Campo, Kautilya Chenna + 2 more
Reactive Motion Planning for Multi-Robot Applications Authors: ['Gaurav Misra' 'A Suzumura' 'Andres Rodriguez Campo' 'Kautilya Chenna' 'Sean W. Bailey' 'John Drinkard'] Abstract— In this letter, an integrated task planning and reactive motion planning framework termed Multi-FLEX is presented that targets real-world…
CM Lynch, RC Wilson, A Dornhaus
Division of labor, a key feature of many complex systems, requires a mechanism that allows individuals to choose tasks. The popular ‘response threshold hypothesis’ posits that some workers start engaging in particular tasks at a lower level of need than others. However, individuals may only have access to information…
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This paper presents GLAS (Git-based Lab Automated Scheduler or Get Lab Automation Simplified), an open-source, robust, and highly expandable Git-based architecture designed for laboratory automation. GLAS can be deployed in both partially and fully automated experimental science laboratories, enabling the development…
Bernd Meyer, Yue Yang
Division of labour is fundamental to the functioning of societies and socially living organisms. While it has been central to their study for decades, no complete picture has emerged yet. Some of the most fascinating questions arise in the context of self-organised societies, like those of social insects, which…
Bernd Meyer, Yue Yang
Division of labour is fundamental to the functioning of societies and socially living organisms. While it has been central to their study for decades, no complete picture has emerged yet. Some of the most fascinating questions arise in the context of self-organised societies, like those of social insects, that…
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This comprehensive review examines the evolution of autonomous materials synthesis laboratories that integrate artificial intelligence with advanced robotics to accelerate discovery. Traditional materials development pipelines typically require 10-20 years, but self-driving laboratories (SDLs) and Materials…