arXiv:2409.10375cs.RO2024-09被引 3

让挖土机和自卸车在工地自主协作,减少碰撞并提升效率。

Decentralized and Asymmetric Multi-Agent Learning in Construction Sites

  • 设计非中心化异构学习框架,挖土机优先行动引导自卸车。
  • 实测碰撞率显著降低,且在噪声与定位误差下仍稳定运行。
  • 适合智能施工、机器人协同等工业场景的落地应用。

多智能体协作涉及多个参与者在共享环境中为共同目标协同工作,包括信息共享、任务分配与动作同步。关键要素涵盖协调、通信、任务分配、合作、适应性与去中心化。在建筑工地上,表面整平是通过推土机平整沙堆以提升特定区域高度的过程,其中推土机负责整平,自卸车负责运沙。本文旨在利用多智能体方法实现两车的有效协作。为此,提出一种面向建筑工地的去中心化异构多智能体学习方法(DAMALCS),以降低作业车辆的预期碰撞率。我们设计了两个启发式专家,通过创新的优先级机制实现联合目标最优。在此方法中,推土机的动作优先于自卸车,从而为后者清出路径,保障两车连续运行。由于启发式规则在真实场景中能力有限,我们将其用于训练智能体,效果显著。我们同时训练推土机与自卸车智能体在相同环境中运行,目标是避免碰撞,并优化时间效率与运砂量。所训练的智能体与启发式策略在仿真与真实实验室实验中均被评估,测试条件包括视觉噪声与定位误差。结果表明,本方法显著降低了车辆碰撞率。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Multi-agent collaboration involves multiple participants working together in a shared environment to achieve a common goal. These agents share information, divide tasks, and synchronize their actions. Key aspects of multi agent collaboration include coordination, communication, task allocation, cooperation, adaptation, and decentralization. On construction sites, surface grading is the process of leveling sand piles to increase a specific area's height. In this scenario, a bulldozer grades while a dumper allocates sand piles. Our work aims to utilize a multi-agent approach to enable these vehicles to collaborate effectively. To this end, we propose a decentralized and asymmetric multi-agent learning approach for construction sites (DAMALCS). We formulate DAMALCS to reduce expected collisions for operating vehicles. Therefore, we develop two heuristic experts capable of achieving their joint goal optimally by applying an innovative prioritization method. In this approach, the bulldozer's movements take precedence over the dumper's operations, enabling the bulldozer to clear the path for the dumper and ensure continuous operation of both vehicles. Since heuristics alone are insufficient in real-world scenarios, we utilize them to train AI agents, which proves to be highly effective. We simultaneously train the bulldozer and dumper agents to operate within the same environment, aiming to avoid collisions and optimize performance in terms of time efficiency and sand volume handling. Our trained agents and heuristics are evaluated in both simulation and real-world lab experiments, testing them under various conditions, such as visual noise and localization errors. The results demonstrate that our approach significantly reduces collision rates for these vehicles.

多智能体施工机器人去中心化

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