Multi-Robot Systems

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The field studies how robot teams can divide work, coordinate motion, and combine information to accomplish tasks that are difficult for one robot alone. Common approaches include multi-agent path finding and task allocation for warehouses and exploration, distributed control and reinforcement learning for swarms, and cooperative localization and SLAM that fuse cameras, ranging, and inertial sensors. Researchers also design communication protocols, simulators, and operator interfaces to support heterogeneous robots while managing limited bandwidth, computation, and human attention. A central challenge is making coordination safe and reliable as teams grow, robots fail, environments change, and methods move from simulation to real hardware.

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205 papers30 papers in the last four weeks, up 76% on the four weeks before. 0.2% of all new papers.

  1. M2^{2}GRPO: Mamba-based Multi-Agent Group Relative Policy Optimization for Biomimetic Underwater Robots Pursuit

    Apr 21, 2026Yukai Feng, Zhiheng Wu, Zhengxing Wu +2Multi-Robot SystemsGroup Relative Policy Optimization

    School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China, and also with the Key Laboratory of Cognition and Decision Intelligence for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China · State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, Department of Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

  2. Warmth and Competence in the Swarm: Designing Effective Human-Robot Teams

    Apr 21, 2026Genki Miyauchi, Roderich Groß, Chaona ChenMulti-Robot SystemsSwarm Robotics

    School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK · Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany · School of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

  3. Relative State Estimation using Event-Based Propeller Sensing

    Apr 20, 2026Ravi Kumar Thakur, Luis Granados Segura, Jan Klivan +4Event-Based VisionMulti-Robot Systems

    Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Karlovo Namesti 13, 121 35 Prague 2, Czechia

  4. Greedy Kalman-Swarm: Improving State Estimation in Robot Swarms in Harsh Environments

    Apr 18, 2026Phunyapa Suksomboon, Paulo GarciaKalman FilteringMulti-Robot Systems

    International School of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

  5. Semantic Area Graph Reasoning for Multi-Robot Language-Guided Search

    Apr 17, 2026Ruiyang Wang, Hao-Lun Hsu, Jiwoo Kim +1Multi-Robot SystemsLarge Language Model-Based Robot Planning

  6. Consent Chain Degradation in Embodied Multi-Agent Systems: Bridging the Gap Between AI Agent Governance and Robot Ethics

    Apr 17, 2026Mehmet HaklidirMulti-Robot SystemsAI Agent Governance

    Artificial Intelligence Institute, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, Kocaeli, Turkey

  7. Robust Fleet Sizing for Multi-UAV Inspection Missions under Synchronized Replacement Demand

    Apr 17, 2026Vishal Ramesh, Antony ThomasInventory ControlMulti-Robot Systems

    Robotics Research Center, IIIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500032, India

  8. Zero-Shot Scalable Resilience in UAV Swarms: A Decentralized Imitation Learning Framework with Physics-Informed Graph Interactions

    Apr 17, 2026Huan Lin, Lianghui DingMulti-Robot SystemsSwarm Robotics

    Institute of Image Communication and Network Engineering, School of Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

  9. Safe and Energy-Aware Multi-Robot Density Control via PDE-Constrained Optimization for Long-Duration Autonomy

    Apr 16, 2026Longchen Niu, Andrew Nasif, Gennaro NotomistaRobotic ControlMulti-Robot Systems

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

  10. NeuroMesh: A Unified Neural Inference Framework for Decentralized Multi-Robot Collaboration

    Apr 16, 2026Yang Zhou, Yash Shetye, Long Quang +8Efficient Neural Network InferenceMulti-Robot Systems

    New York University, New York, USA · U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 20783, USA · Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA +1

  11. Trajectory Planning for a Multi-UAV Rigid-Payload Cascaded Transportation System Based on Enhanced Tube-RRT*

    Apr 16, 2026Jianqiao Yu, Jia Li, Tianhua GaoMulti-Robot Motion PlanningTrajectory Optimization

    Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing , China · University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  12. Federated Single-Agent Robotics: Multi-Robot Coordination Without Intra-Robot Multi-Agent Fragmentation

    Apr 13, 2026Xue Qin, Simin Luan, John See +2Multi-Robot CoordinationMulti-Robot Systems

    School of Software, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China · School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China · School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Malaysia Campus, Malaysia +1

  13. Exploiting Aggregate Programming in a Multi-Robot Service Prototype

    Apr 8, 2026Giorgio Audrito, Andrea Basso, Daniele Bortoluzzi +3Service RoboticsMulti-Robot Systems

    Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita' di Torino · Università di Torino, Turin, Italy · MITO Technology +1

  14. Resilient Decentralized Ergodic Coverage for Scalable Multi-Robot Systems in Unknown Time-Varying Environments

    Apr 5, 2026Maria G. Mendoza, Victoria Marie Tuck, Chinmay Maheshwari +1Multi-Robot SystemsExploration-Exploitation Tradeoff

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA · Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA +1

  15. DC-Ada: Reward-Only Decentralized Sensor Adaptation for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams

    Apr 5, 2026Saad AlqithamiGradient-Free OptimizationRobot Policy Adaptation

    Department of Computer Science, Al-Baha University, Albaha 65779 Saudi Arabia

  16. 3-D Relative Localization for Multi-Robot Systems with Angle and Self-Displacement Measurements

    Apr 2, 2026Chenyang Liang, Liangming Chen, Baoyi Cui +1MAP EstimationRelative Pose Estimation

    School of Intelligence Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China. · School of Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fully Actuated System Control Theory and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China. · Guangdong Key Laboratory of Intelligent Morphing Mechanisms and Adaptive Robotics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China.

  17. Transferability Through Cooperative Competitions

    Mar 29, 2026Rodrigo Serra, Carlos Azevedo, André Silva +6RoboticsModular Robotics

    Institute for Systems and Robotics / LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon · Laboratory for Automatics and Systems, Instituto Pedro Nunes · INRIA, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France +3

  18. CREST: Constraint-Release Execution for Multi-Robot Warehouse Shelf Rearrangement

    Mar 27, 2026Jiaqi Tan, Yudong Luo, Sophia Huang +2Multi-Robot SystemsRobotics

    School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada · HEC Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 2A7, Canada · Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

  19. The Multi-AMR Buffer Storage, Retrieval, and Reshuffling Problem: Exact and Heuristic Approaches

    Mar 27, 2026Max Disselnmeyer, Thomas Bömer, Laura Dörr +2Industrial RoboticsMulti-Robot Systems

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Zirkel 2, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

  20. Dissimilarity-Based Persistent Coverage Control of Multi-Robot Systems for Improving Solar Irradiance Prediction Accuracy in Solar Thermal Power Plants

    Mar 26, 2026Haruki Kawase, Taiga Sugawara, A. Daniel CarnereroSolar Irradiance ForecastingMulti-Robot Systems

    Graduate School of Engineering Science, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

  21. ROSCell: A ROS2-Based Framework for Automated Formation and Orchestration of Multi-Robot Systems

    Mar 24, 2026Jiangtao Shuai, Marvin Carl May, Sonja Schimmler +1Multi-Robot SystemsRobotics

    Technical University of Berlin, Germany · School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

  22. Learning Multi-Agent Local Collision-Avoidance for Collaborative Carrying tasks with Coupled Quadrupedal Robots

    Mar 24, 2026Francesca Bray, Simone Tolomei, Andrei Cramariuc +2Multi-Robot Cargo TransportationMulti-Robot Systems

    Robotic Systems Lab, ETH Zurich. · Centro di Ricerca “Enrico Piaggio”, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Universit`a di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

  23. AirSimAG: A High-Fidelity Simulation Platform for Air-Ground Collaborative Robotics

    Mar 24, 2026Yangjie Cui, Xin Dong, Boyang Gao +3Robotics SimulationRobotics

    School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China · Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China · Institution of Unmanned System, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

  24. Wake Up to the Past: Using Memory to Model Fluid Wake Effects on Robots

    Mar 23, 2026Luca Vendruscolo, Eduardo Sebastián, Amanda Prorok +1Multi-Robot SystemsRobot Dynamics Learning

    Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, UK.

  25. Can a Robot Walk the Robotic Dog: Triple-Zero Collaborative Navigation for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems

    Mar 23, 2026Yaxuan Wang, Yifan Xiang, Ke Li +5Robot NavigationMulti-Robot Systems

    Yuanpei College, Peking University · School of Computer Science, Peking University · School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications +2

  26. LASER: Level-Based Asynchronous Scheduling and Execution Regime for Spatiotemporally Constrained Multi-Robot Timber Manufacturing

    Mar 21, 2026Zhenxiang Huang, Lior Skoury, Tim Stark +4Multi-Robot SystemsMulti-Robot Coordination

    Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and Cluster of Excellence IntCDC at University of Stuttgart, Germany.

  27. Real-Time Optical Communication Using Event-Based Vision with Moving Transmitters

    Mar 19, 2026Harmeet Dhillon, Pranay Katyal, Brendan Long +3Event-Based VisionMulti-Robot Systems

    Robotics Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA. · MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, USA.

  28. Dynamic Mask Enhanced Intelligent Multi-UAV Deployment for Urban Vehicular Networks

    Mar 19, 2026Gaoxiang Cao, Wenke Yuan, Yunpeng Hou +3Cooperative MARLV2X Communication

    Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China · Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, China

  29. Manufacturing Micro-Patterned Surfaces with Multi-Robot Systems

    Mar 18, 2026Annalisa T. Taylor, Malachi Landis, Ping Guo +1Ergodic ControlRobotics

    Mechanical Engineering Department, Northwestern University

  30. Bringing Network Coding into Multi-Robot Systems: Interplay Study for Autonomous Systems over Wireless Communications

    Mar 18, 2026Anil Zaher, Kiril Solovey, Alejandro CohenMulti-Robot SystemsMulti-Robot Coordination

    Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.