Proposal for open invited track for IFAC World Congress 2023, Yokohama, Japan

Learning for multi-robot and networked systems

Organisers

  • Bart De Schutter, Delft University of Technology (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
  • Lucian Busoniu, University of Cluj-Napoca (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
  • Stefan Sosnowski, Technical University of Munich (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Abstract

Multi-robot systems involve two or more autonomous robots that are working together to achieve one or more well-defined objectives. Individual robots may be rather simple and by themselves unable to achieve the desired goals. However, the real power – and at the same time also the major challenge – lies in the cooperation and coordination of the individual robots so as to jointly achieve the specified objectives. Multi-robot interaction is moreover subject to challenges stemming from the networked and communication structure of the system. Although multi-robot systems have attracted significant attention worldwide, research in this area is still in its infancy. This open invited track aims at bringing together contributions covering the broad area of computational-intelligence, machine-learning, networked-control and AI-based methods for multi-agent decision-making in multi-robot systems as well as for coordination in networked systems in general. In addition to papers proposing new fundamental results, we also explicitly solicit papers that show the potential of multi-robot interaction and coordination in networked systems in experimental set-ups and real-life applications. Authoritative survey papers are also welcome.

Paper submission

The initial paper submission deadline is the 31st of October 2022. To submit a paper to this track, go to the IFAC PaperPlaza website, search for the IFAC World Congress, and go through the submission procedure choosing one of the categories: Open invited track survey paper, Open invited track paper, or Open invited track discussion paper. You will need to enter the track code "5fic1".

Details and topics

This open invited session aims to:

  • bring together novel results in computational-intelligence, machine-learning, networked-control and AI-based methods for multi-agent decision-making for multi-robot systems as well as for coordination in networked systems in general,
  • address emerging challenges in decision-making for multi-robot systems and coordination in networked systems, including dealing with highly uncertain or time-varying environments, restricted computational and communication resources, non-conventional environments (e.g. underwater multi-robot systems), etc.
  • present emerging relevant applications.

We encourage the submission of research on multi-robot and networked systems related, but not limited to:

  • computational intelligence for multi-agent systems
  • robust decision-making methods for multi-robot systems
  • hybrid computational intelligence techniques
  • reinforcement learning
  • transfer learning
  • learning for prediction and control
  • distributed and federated learning
  • adaptive dynamic programming for multi-agent systems
  • networked systems and cooperative control
  • game theory for multi-robot interaction
  • neuro-fuzzy and deep learning approaches
  • applications and demonstrations

 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 871295.

The SEACLEAR project spans four years, running from January 1st, 2020 to December 31st, 2023.

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