A Systematic Review of Optimization Approaches Employed in Digital Warehousing Transformation

N Alherimi, A Saihi, M Ben-Daya - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital transformation of warehousing is revolutionizing operations by integrating advanced
technologies. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) optimize the movement of goods, while …

State-of-the-art in robot learning for multi-robot collaboration: A comprehensive survey

B Wu, CS Suh - arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.11822, 2024 - arxiv.org
With the continuous breakthroughs in core technology, the dawn of large-scale integration of
robotic systems into daily human life is on the horizon. Multi-robot systems (MRS) built on …

A two-stage reinforcement learning-based approach for multi-entity task allocation

A Gong, K Yang, J Lyu, X Li - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Task allocation is a key combinatorial optimization problem, crucial for modern applications
such as multi-robot cooperation and resource scheduling. Decision makers must allocate …

Dynamic Coalition Formation and Routing for Multirobot Task Allocation via Reinforcement Learning

W Dai, A Bidwai, G Sartoretti - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many multi-robot deployments, such as automated construction of buildings, distributed
search, or cooperative mapping, often require agents to intelligently coordinate their …

An efficient two-stage evolutionary algorithm for multi-robot task allocation in nuclear accident rescue scenario

C Wen, H Ma - Applied Soft Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
With the growing maturity of multi-robot system technology, its applications have expanded
across various domains. This paper addresses the critical issue of task allocation in nuclear …

Hierarchical Learning with Heuristic Guidance for Multi-task Assignment and Distributed Planning in Interactive Scenarios

S Chen, M Wang, W Song - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A unified framework for multi-agent task assignment and distributed trajectory planning that
can autonomously adapt to complex interactive environments and multi-task constraints has …

A Cooperative Ant Colony System for Multiobjective Multirobot Task Allocation With Precedence Constraints

T Qian, XF Liu, Y Fang - IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many real-world scenarios (eg, product manufacturing), multiple heterogeneous robots
cooperate to complete complex tasks with precedence constraints. In these heterogeneous …

A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Efficient Task Allocation among AGVs in Smart Warehouse

S Li, Z Zhao, D Wang, K Li, G Liu… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In smart warehouses that use automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for goods transportation,
task allocation has a great impact on operational efficiency. Currently, warehouse task …

HARP: Human-Assisted Regrouping with Permutation Invariant Critic for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

H Hu, E Shi, C Yue, S Yang, Z Wu, Y Li, T Zhong… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning integrates human expertise to accelerate agent
learning and provide critical guidance and feedback in complex fields. However, many …

[PDF][PDF] Deep reinforcement learning-based task assignment and path planning for multi-agent construction robots

X Xu, BG de Soto - … at Int. Conf. Robot. Autom.(ICRA), 2023 - construction-robots.github.io
Recent developments in deep learning have enabled reinforcement learning (RL) methods
to drive optimal policies for a sophisticated high-dimensional environment, which is suitable …