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MA-DyRoLT: multi-agent path finding method based on dynamic waypoints and learning communication topology.

Zongbao Liang1, Shichao Wang2, Xiaojun Yu2

  • 1School of Information Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, China. liang_zongbao@yeah.net.

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This study introduces MA-DyRoLT, a Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) framework for dynamic environments. It enhances coordination and collision avoidance, achieving high success rates in complex, large-scale scenarios.

Keywords:
Dynamic environmentsMulti agent systemsPath planningReinforcement learning

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Area of Science:

  • Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Multi-Agent Systems

Background:

  • Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) in dynamic environments presents challenges like limited observations, unpredictable obstacles, and coordination inefficiencies.
  • Existing methods struggle to balance real-time adaptability, collision avoidance, and scalability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose MA-DyRoLT, a novel Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) framework for MAPF in dynamic settings.
  • To improve real-time adaptability, collision avoidance, and inter-agent cooperation.

Main Methods:

  • MA-DyRoLT integrates dynamic waypoint generation and a learned communication topology within a Multi-Agent Proximal Policy Optimization (MAPPO) framework.
  • A Transformer-based temporal encoder captures historical dependencies, and a pedestrian trajectory prediction module aids proactive collision avoidance.

Main Results:

  • MA-DyRoLT significantly outperforms existing search-based and learning-based baselines in success rate, movement time, and runtime.
  • Achieved a 0.998 success rate in a large-scale dynamic environment (120x130) with 150 agents.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed MA-DyRoLT framework demonstrates effectiveness, scalability, and real-time potential for dynamic MAPF.
  • The integration of adaptive guidance and learned communication enhances multi-agent coordination and safety.