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Area of Science:

  • Robotics and Automation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Operations Research

Background:

  • Smart factories increasingly utilize autonomous robots for efficiency and flexibility.
  • Existing Multi-Robot Task Allocation (MRTA) methods often lack robust fault tolerance and dynamic priority-based scheduling.
  • Task dependencies and real-time event management are critical for seamless robotic operations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel Multi-Robot Task Allocation approach named Multi-Robot Preemptive Task Scheduling with Fault Recovery (MRPF).
  • To incorporate priority policies for preemptive task scheduling, task dependencies, and fault tolerance into MRTA.
  • To optimize production efficiency and flexibility in smart factory environments.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the MRPF approach, integrating priority policies and fault recovery mechanisms.
  • Consideration of task dependencies and real-time event management for dynamic task prioritization.
  • Experimental evaluation using a small-scale warehouse logistics environment (Augmented Reality to Enhanced Experimentation in Smart Warehouses - ARENA).

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated optimization of production through efficient task allocation and scheduling.
  • Successfully managed task dependencies and preempted lower-priority tasks when necessary.
  • Showcased effective fault recovery, minimizing downtime and maintaining operational continuity.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed MRPF approach significantly enhances multi-robot task allocation by incorporating priority policies, preemption, and fault recovery.
  • MRPF offers a viable solution for improving efficiency, flexibility, and reliability in smart factory automation.
  • The experimental validation in ARENA confirms the practical benefits of the developed methodology.