Formal synthesis of controllers for safety-critical autonomous systems: Developments and challenges

X Yin, B Gao, X Yu - Annual Reviews in Control, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, formal methods have been extensively used in the design of autonomous
systems. By employing mathematically rigorous techniques, formal methods can provide …

[HTML][HTML] Robot scheduling for pod retrieval in a robotic mobile fulfillment system

A Gharehgozli, N Zaerpour - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to increase the order picking efficiency, e-commerce retailers have started to
implement order picking systems where mobile robots carry inventory pods to pick stations …

Security-preserving multi-agent coordination for complex temporal logic tasks

X Yu, X Yin, S Li, Z Li - Control Engineering Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the coordination of multiple agents for high-level tasks described by
linear temporal logics (LTL). The general purpose for multi-agent coordination is to …

Optimal multi-robot path planning for cyclic tasks using Petri nets

P Lv, G Luo, Z Ma, S Li, X Yin - Control Engineering Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the problem of optimal multi-robot path planning for cyclic tasks
represented by a particular type of linear-temporal logic (LTL) formulae. Specifically, the …

A novel formula for representing the equivalent resistance of the cylindrical resistor network

X Meng, X Jiang, Y Zheng, Z Jiang - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The problem of solving the equivalent resistance between two points for resistor networks
has important significance in physics. This paper mainly changes and rewrites the formula …

Security-preserving multi-robot path planning for Boolean specification tasks using labeled Petri nets

W Shi, Z He, Z Ma, N Ran, X Yin - IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates the path planning of multi-robot systems for high-level tasks
described by Boolean specifications and security constraints. We assume that the behavior …

Architecture for Scalable and Distributed Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles With Reconfigurable Path Planning

R Sebem, AB Leal, DW Bertol… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The control architecture for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) proposed in this
work combines three features: Scalable, Distributed, and Reconfigurable. The term Scalable …

Long-term path planning with optimal deployment of a charging station for monitoring photovoltaic solar farms

Y Huang, Z Chen, J Chu, H Wang, S Sun - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Quadrotor technology has become increasingly important in the field of photovoltaic (PV)
solar farm monitoring, but short battery life is one of the primary factors limiting its further …

Multi-robot motion planning under MITL specifications based on time petri nets

S Hustiu, DV Dimarogonas, C Mahulea… - 2023 European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a high-level path planning strategy under Time Petri net (TPN)
formalism for a multiagent system, which is subject to Metric Interval Temporal Logic (MITL) …

Distributed path planning of mobile robots with ltl specifications

I Hustiu, M Kloetzer, C Mahulea - 2020 24th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the path planning problem of mobile robots with high-level specifications,
given as co-safe Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) formulas. Based on some results in literature …