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Multi-Agent Cooperative Transportation: Optimal and Efficient Task Allocation and Path Finding

Edmund R. Hunt, Nikolai W.F. Bode, Ning Zhou

The CT-TCBS algorithm with incremental expansion solves cooperative multi-robot transport by pruning the dominant search space for team assignments while integrating collision-free paths.

arxiv:2605.16097 v1 · 2026-05-15 · cs.MA

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Our comprehensive empirical evaluation demonstrates three key findings: (1) the incremental expansion strategy significantly outperforms the naive combinatorial approach by successfully pruning the dominant task-allocation search space.

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The assumption that the incremental expansion strategy can reliably prune the task-allocation search space while preserving optimality, which is presented as a central empirical result but depends on the specific conflict-resolution heuristics chosen for the integrated CT-TAPF setting.

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Formalizes CT-TAPF problem and introduces CT-TCBS optimal solver using incremental expansion for team formation plus task-centric sub-optimal solvers that improve efficiency over agent-centric baselines.

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[1] Olukunle Amoo, Enoch Sodiya, Uchenna Umoga, and Akoh Atadoga. 2024. AI- driven Warehouse Automation: A Comprehensive Review of Systems.GSC Advanced Research and Reviews18 (Feb. 2024), 272–282. https:/ 2024
[2] Stuckey, Liron Cohen, Jiaoyang Li, and Sven Koenig 2020 · doi:10.24963/ijcai.2020/565
[3] Eli Boyarski, Ariel Felner, Roni Stern, Guni Sharon, Oded Betzalel, David Tolpin, and Eyal Shimony. 2015. ICBS: The Improved Conflict-Based Search Algorithm for Multi-Agent Pathfinding.Proceedings of 2015 · doi:10.1609/socs.v6i1.18343
[4] Jorge Cortés and Magnus Egerstedt. 2017. Coordinated Control of Multi-Robot Systems: A Survey.SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration (Nov. 2017). https://doi.org/10.9746/jcmsi.10 2017 · doi:10.9746/jcmsi.10.495
[5] Ariel Felner, Jiaoyang Li, Eli Boyarski, Hang Ma, Liron Cohen, Thirunarayanapu- ram Krishnamachari Satish Kumar, and Sven Koenig. 2018. Adding Heuristics to Conflict-Based Search for Multi-Agent Path 2018 · doi:10.1609/icaps.v28i1.13883
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arxiv: 2605.16097 · arxiv_version: 2605.16097v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.16097 · pith_short_12: BTREPN7ZPHXV · pith_short_16: BTREPN7ZPHXVCPQI · pith_short_8: BTREPN7Z
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