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Scale-Plan framework enhances multi-robot task planning with LLM assistance

Researchers have developed Scale-Plan, a novel framework designed to enhance task planning for heterogeneous multi-robot teams. This system uses large language models (LLMs) to create concise, task-relevant problem representations from natural language instructions, filtering out irrelevant information. Scale-Plan constructs an action graph and employs a structured search guided by LLM reasoning to identify essential actions and objects, thereby improving scalability and reliability in complex environments. Evaluations on the new MAT2-THOR benchmark, built on AI2-THOR, demonstrate that Scale-Plan outperforms existing LLM and hybrid LLM-PDDL planning methods. AI

IMPACT This framework could enable more efficient and reliable deployment of multi-robot systems in complex, real-world scenarios.

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Scale-Plan framework enhances multi-robot task planning with LLM assistance

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Piyush Gupta, Sangjae Bae, Jiachen Li, David Isele ·

    Scale-Plan: Scalable Language-Enabled Task Planning for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams

    arXiv:2603.08814v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Long-horizon task planning for heterogeneous multi-robot systems is essential for deploying collaborative teams in real-world environments; yet, it remains challenging due to the large volume of perceptual information, muc…