Navigation & SLAM

Mission Planning

Mission planning is the highest layer of a robot's decision stack, translating operational goals into ordered sequences of tasks, routes, and contingencies, such as which waypoints to visit, which inspections to perform, and how to respond to failures or low battery. Implementations range from finite state machines and behavior trees to task-network planners and optimization-based schedulers, coordinating with fleet management for multi-robot operations.

Why it matters for physical AI

Autonomy is judged over full shifts, not single skills; robust mission-level sequencing, recovery, and resource management convert individual capabilities into hours of unattended, economically meaningful operation.