The need for the multiple robots ontology: a backbone for collaborative multi-agent systems

Alberto Olivares-Alarcos; Edison Pignaton de Freitas; Joanna Olszewska; Veera Ragavan Sampath Kumar; Amelie Gyrard; Syed Ashque MD Khaled; Maki Habib; Maksym Figat; Abdelghani Chibani; João Quintas; Howard Li; Paulo J. S. Gonçalves

The need for the multiple robots ontology: a backbone for collaborative multi-agent systems

Alberto Olivares-Alarcos, Edison Pignaton de Freitas, Joanna Olszewska, Veera Ragavan Sampath Kumar, Amelie Gyrard, Syed Ashque MD Khaled, Maki Habib, Maksym Figat, Abdelghani Chibani, João Quintas, Howard Li, Paulo J. S. Gonçalves

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Collaborative Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), which are based on symbolic reasoning planners and/or integrating neural Large Language Models (LLMs), demand interoperable, semantically rich frameworks for reasoning, coordination, and trust building, while avoiding hallucinations. Current ontologies, such as IEEE 1872.2-2021 AuR ontology, offer foundational support but fall short in addressing the requirements of adaptive, cloud-integrated multi-robot collaboration. This study aims to identify key limitations in existing standards and propose directions for the development of ontologies such as the IEEE P1872.3 Multiple Robots Ontology that aims to address the gaps of the 1872 standard series.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2025
Event	2025 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Workshop - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 25 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025 https://www.ro-man2025.org/

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Conference	2025 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Workshop
Abbreviated title	IEEE RO-MAN 2025
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Eindhoven
Period	25/08/25 → 29/08/25
Internet address	https://www.ro-man2025.org/

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Olivares-Alarcos, A., Pignaton de Freitas, E., Olszewska, J., Sampath Kumar, V. R., Gyrard, A., Khaled, S. A. MD., Habib, M., Figat, M., Chibani, A., Quintas, J., Li, H., & Gonçalves, P. J. S. (2025). The need for the multiple robots ontology: a backbone for collaborative multi-agent systems. Paper presented at 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Workshop, Eindhoven, Netherlands. https://wosra.github.io/j-wosmars/papers/

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The need for the multiple robots ontology: a backbone for collaborative multi-agent systems. / Olivares-Alarcos, Alberto; Pignaton de Freitas, Edison; Olszewska, Joanna et al.
2025. Paper presented at 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Workshop, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

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