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 …

A critical review of communications in multi-robot systems

J Gielis, A Shankar, A Prorok - Current robotics reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes the broad roles that communication
formats and technologies have played in enabling multi-robot systems. We approach this …

Neural graph control barrier functions guided distributed collision-avoidance multi-agent control

S Zhang, K Garg, C Fan - Conference on robot learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
We consider the problem of designing distributed collision-avoidance multi-agent control in
large-scale environments with potentially moving obstacles, where a large number of agents …

MACNS: A generic graph neural network integrated deep reinforcement learning based multi-agent collaborative navigation system for dynamic trajectory planning

Z **ao, P Li, C Liu, H Gao, X Wang - Information Fusion, 2024 - Elsevier
Multi-agent collaborative navigation is prevalent in modern transportation systems, including
delivery logistics, warehouse automation, and personalised tourism, where multiple moving …

Graph soft actor–critic reinforcement learning for large-scale distributed multirobot coordination

Y Hu, J Fu, G Wen - IEEE transactions on neural networks and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Learning distributed cooperative policies for large-scale multirobot systems remains a
challenging task in the multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) context. In this work, we …

Gcbf+: A neural graph control barrier function framework for distributed safe multi-agent control

S Zhang, O So, K Garg, C Fan - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed, scalable, and safe control of large-scale multi-agent systems is a challenging
problem. In this paper, we design a distributed framework for safe multi-agent control in …

Vmas: A vectorized multi-agent simulator for collective robot learning

M Bettini, R Kortvelesy, J Blumenkamp… - … Symposium on Distributed …, 2022 - Springer
While many multi-robot coordination problems can be solved optimally by exact algorithms,
solutions are often not scalable in the number of robots. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning …

Graph neural network for decentralized multi-robot goal assignment

M Goarin, G Loianno - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The problem of assigning a set of spatial goals to a team of robots plays a crucial role in
various multi-robot planning applications including, but not limited to exploration, search and …

[HTML][HTML] An obstacle avoidance-specific reinforcement learning method based on fuzzy attention mechanism and heterogeneous graph neural networks

F Zhang, C Xuan, HK Lam - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep reinforcement learning (RL) is an advancing learning tool to handle robotics control
problems. However, it typically suffers from sample efficiency and effectiveness. The …

[HTML][HTML] Graph reinforcement learning-based decision-making technology for connected and autonomous vehicles: Framework, review, and future trends

Q Liu, X Li, Y Tang, X Gao, F Yang, Z Li - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The proper functioning of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) is crucial for the
safety and efficiency of future intelligent transport systems. Meanwhile, transitioning to fully …