Researchers showed one mathematical function can route a whole robot team at once. Its curves give each robot a path to a goal — deciding which robot goes where automatically, with no paths crossing, no obstacles touched, and all robots arriving together.
Coordinating a robot team usually takes separate steps: match robots to targets, plan each route, then check nothing collides. This method produces the matching, the routes, and the timing in a single calculation — and a short test certifies the paths stay safe even after the math is approximated for real computation.
✦ One function can match, route, and time a whole robot team — and certify the paths safe.