The Pyhop planner, released in 2013, was a simple SHOP-style planner written in Python. It
was designed to be easily usable as an embedded system in conventional applications …

In temporal planning, chronicles can be used to represent the predictive model of durative
actions. Unlike the classical state-oriented representation, the usage of chronicles allows a …

In this paper we give a high level overview of the Aries planner at the time of its participation
in the hierarchical track of the 2023 International Planning Competition (IPC). Aries is an …

Due to increased demands related to flexible product configurations, frequent order
changes, and tight delivery windows, there is a need for flexible production using AI …

The Hierarchical Task Network (HTN) formalism is used to express a wide variety of
planning problems as task decompositions, and many techniques have been proposed to …

Abstract Partial Order Causal Link (POCL) planning follows the principle of least
commitment in that it maintains only a partial order on its actions to prevent unnecessary …

Abstract The diffusion of Human-Robot Collaborative cells is prevented by several barriers.
Classical control approaches seem not yet fully suitable for facing the variability conveyed …

The technical viability of future fusion power plants is influenced by several factors, including
whether they can be maintained through remote means. The plant design needs to be …

Recent technological developments in robotics and artificial intelligence may enable the
deployment of robots in many aspects of our lives. As the complexity of robotic platforms …

Recent years have seen an important increase in the complexity of deployed robotic
systems, both in terms of the number of robots involved, and scale of the tackled problems …