7 accepted papers
This paper presents a novel theory of mind (ToM)-based approach for implicit coordination of multi robot systems (MRS) in environments where direct communication is unavailable. The proposed approach integrates higher-order reasoning, epistemic theory, and active inference to coordinate the actions
Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) equipped with high-quality cameras are revolutionizing the field of autonomous photography by delivering efficient and cost-effective methods for capturing dynamic visual content. As AMRs are deployed in increasingly diverse environments, the challenge of consistently
Humans interacting with robots often form predictions of what the robot will do next. For instance, based on the recent behavior of an autonomous car, a nearby human driver might predict that the car is going to remain in the same lane. It is important for the robot to understand the human’s predict
As Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) become more affordable and computing capabilities grow, they provide significant advantages for complex applications such as environmental monitoring, underwater inspections, or space exploration. However, accounting for potential communication loss or the unavailability
In applications such as search and rescue or disaster relief, heterogeneous multi-robot systems (MRS) can provide significant advantages for complex objectives that require a suite of capabilities. However, within these application spaces, communication is often unreliable, causing inefficiencies or…
In communication restricted environments, a multi-robot system can be deployed to either: i) maintain constant communication but potentially sacrifice operational efficiency due to proximity constraints or ii) allow disconnections to increase environmental coverage efficiency, challenges on how, whe…
The lack of communication between agents in a multi-robot system is often regarded as a limiting factor that can affect and delay cooperative exploration and exploitation of cluttered and uncertain environments. On the contrary, this paper proposes a complete planning framework to enable cooperative…