Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for multi-robot applications: A survey

J Orr, A Dutta - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Deep reinforcement learning has produced many success stories in recent years. Some
example fields in which these successes have taken place include mathematics, games …

Deep reinforcement learning of event-triggered communication and consensus-based control for distributed cooperative transport

K Shibata, T Jimbo, T Matsubara - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a solution to a design problem of control strategies for multi-agent
cooperative transport. Although existing learning-based methods assume that the number of …

Learning locally, communicating globally: Reinforcement learning of multi-robot task allocation for cooperative transport

K Shibata, T Jimbo, T Odashima, K Takeshita… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
We consider task allocation for multi-object transport using a multi-robot system, in which
each robot selects one object among multiple objects with different and unknown weights …

Cooperative Object Transport by Two Robots Connected With a Ball-String-Ball Structure

Y Huang, S Zhang - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One hot-researched application of multi-robot systems is cooperative object transport, a task
in which multiple robots collaboratively move an object that is too larger, bulky or heavy for a …

Globally Optimal Assignment Algorithm for Collective Object Transport Using Air–Ground Multirobot Teams

T Miyano, J Romberg… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of collectively transporting multiple objects using air–ground
multirobot teams. The objective is to find the optimal matching between the objects and …

Reinforcement Learning of Multi-robot Task Allocation for Multi-object Transportation with Infeasible Tasks

Y Shida, T Jimbo, T Odashima, T Matsubara - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
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 …

Task-priority Intermediated Hierarchical Distributed Policies: Reinforcement Learning of Adaptive Multi-robot Cooperative Transport

Y Naito, T Jimbo, T Odashima, T Matsubara - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Multi-robot cooperative transport is crucial in logistics, housekeeping, and disaster
response. However, it poses significant challenges in environments where objects of various …

Implementation in an Electronic Development Board of a Hybrid Computational Learning System for the Optimization of Artificial Neural Networks for Autonomous …

YG Fernádez, JGL Retureta, RA Franco… - 2023 XXV Robotics …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) used to control autonomous robots must be trained to
guarantee their proper functioning. In most cases, unsupervised computational algorithms …

[PDF][PDF] Learning Approaches for Flexible and Resilient Multi-robot Cooperative Transport

柴田一騎, シバタカズキ - 2023 - naist.repo.nii.ac.jp
Multi-robot transportation has attracted attention in robotics and can be applied in fields such
as delivery, logistics, and search and rescue. While previous studies have successfully …

環境変化に臨機応変に対応する協調搬送行動のためのAttention-based Neural Network の設計

千田哲平, 沖本将崇, 末岡裕一郎… - … 講演会講演概要集2022, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
抄録 In order to design a controller for cooperative transportation by swarm robots, there is
an approach to optimize a Neural Network (NN) as a controller using reinforcement learning …