Task Scheduling of Multiple Humanoid Robot Manipulators by Using Symbolic Control

Task scheduling for multiple humanoid robot manipulators in industrial and collaborative settings remains a significant challenge due to the complexity of coordination, resource sharing, and real-time decision-making. In this study, we propose a framework for modeling task scheduling for multiple hu...

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Main Authors: Mete Özbaltan, Nihan Özbaltan, Hazal Su Bıçakcı Yeşilkaya, Murat Demir, Cihat Şeker, Merve Yıldırım
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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description Task scheduling for multiple humanoid robot manipulators in industrial and collaborative settings remains a significant challenge due to the complexity of coordination, resource sharing, and real-time decision-making. In this study, we propose a framework for modeling task scheduling for multiple humanoid robot manipulators by using the symbolic discrete controller synthesis technique. We encode the task scheduling problem as discrete events using parallel synchronous dataflow equations and apply our synthesis algorithms to manage the task scheduling of multiple humanoid robots via the resulting controller. The control objectives encompass the fundamental behaviors of the system, strict rules, and mutual exclusions over shared resources, categorized as the safety property, whereas the optimization objectives are directed toward maximizing the throughput of robot-processed products with optimal efficiency. The humanoid robots considered in this study consist of two pairs of six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) robot manipulators, and the inverse kinematics problem of the 6-DOF arms is addressed using metaheuristic approaches inspired by biomimetic principles. Our approach is experimentally validated, and the results demonstrate high accuracy and performance compared to other approaches reported in the literature. Our approach achieved an average efficiency improvement of 40% in 70-robot systems, 20% in 30-robot systems, and 10% in 10-robot systems in terms of production throughput compared to systems without a controller.
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spelling doaj-art-34e6b49d0c96493aa4dfd1dbc5fabb0d2025-08-20T03:27:28ZengMDPI AGBiomimetics2313-76732025-05-0110634610.3390/biomimetics10060346Task Scheduling of Multiple Humanoid Robot Manipulators by Using Symbolic ControlMete Özbaltan0Nihan Özbaltan1Hazal Su Bıçakcı Yeşilkaya2Murat Demir3Cihat Şeker4Merve Yıldırım5Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, İzmir Bakırçay University, 35665 İzmir, TürkiyeDepartment of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, İzmir Bakırçay University, 35665 İzmir, TürkiyeDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, İzmir Bakırçay University, 35665 İzmir, TürkiyeDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, İzmir Bakırçay University, 35665 İzmir, TürkiyeDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, İzmir Bakırçay University, 35665 İzmir, TürkiyeDepartment of Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, TürkiyeTask scheduling for multiple humanoid robot manipulators in industrial and collaborative settings remains a significant challenge due to the complexity of coordination, resource sharing, and real-time decision-making. In this study, we propose a framework for modeling task scheduling for multiple humanoid robot manipulators by using the symbolic discrete controller synthesis technique. We encode the task scheduling problem as discrete events using parallel synchronous dataflow equations and apply our synthesis algorithms to manage the task scheduling of multiple humanoid robots via the resulting controller. The control objectives encompass the fundamental behaviors of the system, strict rules, and mutual exclusions over shared resources, categorized as the safety property, whereas the optimization objectives are directed toward maximizing the throughput of robot-processed products with optimal efficiency. The humanoid robots considered in this study consist of two pairs of six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) robot manipulators, and the inverse kinematics problem of the 6-DOF arms is addressed using metaheuristic approaches inspired by biomimetic principles. Our approach is experimentally validated, and the results demonstrate high accuracy and performance compared to other approaches reported in the literature. Our approach achieved an average efficiency improvement of 40% in 70-robot systems, 20% in 30-robot systems, and 10% in 10-robot systems in terms of production throughput compared to systems without a controller.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10/6/346humanoid robot manipulatorstask schedulingmultiple degrees of freedominverse kinematicsANNoptimization algorithms
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Task Scheduling of Multiple Humanoid Robot Manipulators by Using Symbolic Control
Biomimetics
humanoid robot manipulators
task scheduling
multiple degrees of freedom
inverse kinematics
ANN
optimization algorithms
title Task Scheduling of Multiple Humanoid Robot Manipulators by Using Symbolic Control
title_full Task Scheduling of Multiple Humanoid Robot Manipulators by Using Symbolic Control
title_fullStr Task Scheduling of Multiple Humanoid Robot Manipulators by Using Symbolic Control
title_full_unstemmed Task Scheduling of Multiple Humanoid Robot Manipulators by Using Symbolic Control
title_short Task Scheduling of Multiple Humanoid Robot Manipulators by Using Symbolic Control
title_sort task scheduling of multiple humanoid robot manipulators by using symbolic control
topic humanoid robot manipulators
task scheduling
multiple degrees of freedom
inverse kinematics
ANN
optimization algorithms
url https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10/6/346
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