Optimized Scheduling and Positioning of Mobile Manipulators in Collaborative Applications
arXiv:2512.17584
Abstract
The growing integration of mobile robots in shared workspaces requires efficient path planning and coordination between the agents, accounting for safety and productivity. In this work, we propose a digital model-based optimization framework for mobile manipulators in human-robot collaborative environments, in order to determine the sequence of robot base poses and the task scheduling for the robot. The complete problem is treated as black-box, and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is employed to balance conflicting Key-Performance Indicators (KPIs). We demonstrate improvements in cycle time, task sequencing, and adaptation to human presence in a collaborative box-packing scenario.
Accepted at The IFAC Joint Conference on Computers, Cognition and Communication (J3C) 2025