arXiv:2506.07293cs.ROcs.MA2025-06被引 6

提出路径感知的机器人重分配方法,解决复杂环境下的任务分配与死锁问题。

Very Large-scale Multi-Robot Task Allocation in Challenging Environments via Robot Redistribution

  • 基于广义Voronoi图构建道路网,动态重分配机器人位置。
  • 在密集障碍环境中支持百台机器人任务完成,显著降低冲突和延迟。
  • 适合大规模多机器人协同场景,如搜救、仓储自动化。

我们研究在障碍物密集、通道狭窄的挑战性环境中,多机器人任务分配(MRTA)问题。传统以总成本最小化为目标的方法常因机器人间冲突(如避障、等待)导致性能下降,且忽略实际路径可能引发死锁,严重影响整体效率。为此,我们提出一种可扩展的MRTA方法,通过考虑机器人路径来避免碰撞与死锁,从而最小化所有任务完成时间(即最小化*makespan*)。该方法利用广义Voronoi图构建道路网,并将其划分为多个组件,以指导机器人重分配策略。重分配过程采用先进先出的“推-弹”机制,将机器人转移至目标位置。大量实验表明,本方法可在密集杂乱环境中处理数百台机器人的实例,而其他方法在时间限制内无法求解。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We consider the Multi-Robot Task Allocation (MRTA) problem that aims to optimize an assignment of multiple robots to multiple tasks in challenging environments which are with densely populated obstacles and narrow passages. In such environments, conventional methods optimizing the sum-of-cost are often ineffective because the conflicts between robots incur additional costs (e.g., collision avoidance, waiting). Also, an allocation that does not incorporate the actual robot paths could cause deadlocks, which significantly degrade the collective performance of the robots. We propose a scalable MRTA method that considers the paths of the robots to avoid collisions and deadlocks which result in a fast completion of all tasks (i.e., minimizing the \textit{makespan}). To incorporate robot paths into task allocation, the proposed method constructs a roadmap using a Generalized Voronoi Diagram. The method partitions the roadmap into several components to know how to redistribute robots to achieve all tasks with less conflicts between the robots. In the redistribution process, robots are transferred to their final destinations according to a push-pop mechanism with the first-in first-out principle. From the extensive experiments, we show that our method can handle instances with hundreds of robots in dense clutter while competitors are unable to compute a solution within a time limit.

多机器人任务分配路径规划重分配

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