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Hauptverfasser: Zhao, Yuhan, Zhu, Quanyan
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10733
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author Zhao, Yuhan
Zhu, Quanyan
author_facet Zhao, Yuhan
Zhu, Quanyan
contents Robot allocation plays an essential role in facilitating robotic service provision across various domains. Yet the increasing number of users and the uncertainties regarding the users' true service requirements have posed challenges for the service provider in effectively allocating service robots to users to meet their needs. In this work, we first propose a contract-based approach to enable incentive-compatible service selection so that the service provider can effectively reduce the user's service uncertainties for precise service provision. Then, we develop a distributed allocation algorithm that incorporates robot dynamics and collision avoidance to allocate service robots and address scalability concerns associated with increasing numbers of service robots and users. We conduct simulations in eight scenarios to validate our approach. Comparative analysis against the robust allocation paradigm and two alternative uncertainty reduction strategies demonstrates that our approach achieves better allocation efficiency and accuracy.
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spellingShingle Incentive-Compatible and Distributed Allocation for Robotic Service Provision Through Contract Theory
Zhao, Yuhan
Zhu, Quanyan
Robotics
Robot allocation plays an essential role in facilitating robotic service provision across various domains. Yet the increasing number of users and the uncertainties regarding the users' true service requirements have posed challenges for the service provider in effectively allocating service robots to users to meet their needs. In this work, we first propose a contract-based approach to enable incentive-compatible service selection so that the service provider can effectively reduce the user's service uncertainties for precise service provision. Then, we develop a distributed allocation algorithm that incorporates robot dynamics and collision avoidance to allocate service robots and address scalability concerns associated with increasing numbers of service robots and users. We conduct simulations in eight scenarios to validate our approach. Comparative analysis against the robust allocation paradigm and two alternative uncertainty reduction strategies demonstrates that our approach achieves better allocation efficiency and accuracy.
title Incentive-Compatible and Distributed Allocation for Robotic Service Provision Through Contract Theory
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10733