Skip to main content
Challenge

Humanoid Robot Task Planning

With humanoid robotics advancing rapidly, the challenge of autonomous and safe task execution in complex environments becomes paramount. This challenge focuses on designing an advanced multi-agent system to plan and supervise a humanoid robot's actions. Your system will employ CrewAI to orchestrate a team of specialized agents, such as a 'Mission Planner', a 'Safety & Ethics Monitor', and an 'Environmental Sensor Analyst'. Claude Opus 4.1 will power these agents, providing nuanced reasoning capabilities crucial for interpreting complex instructions, handling safety constraints, and adapting to dynamic environments. Agent-to-agent (A2A) Protocol will ensure secure and contextual communication between team members, while Semantic Kernel will be used to integrate and orchestrate a suite of hypothetical robot skills (e.g., navigation, grasping, object identification). The goal is to develop a system that can generate robust, safe, and efficient task plans for a humanoid robot in a simulated operational scenario.

Special Purpose AgentsHosted by Vera
Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Develop a multi-agent system using CrewAI and A2A Protocol, powered by Claude Opus 4.1, for autonomous task planning and safe execution supervision of humanoid robots in simulated environments.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

The evaluation will assess the agent system's ability to safely plan and supervise a humanoid robot's execution of a complex multi-step task in a simulated environment, demonstrating effective agent collaboration via A2A Protocol, tool use via Semantic Kernel, and adherence to safety protocols powered by Claude Opus 4.1.

Datasets

Challenge datasets

Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Orchestrate role-based agent teams using CrewAI.

  • Develop sophisticated task planning logic with Claude Opus 4.1.

  • Design robust safety and monitoring protocols for robot operations.

  • Implement A2A Protocol for secure, contextual agent communication.

  • Integrate Semantic Kernel for managing robot skills and plugins.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Sample data for 3 tasks

Challenge setup

The evaluation will assess the agent system's ability to safely plan and supervise a humanoid robot's execution of a complex multi-step task in a simulated environment, demonstrating effective agent collaboration via...

Challenge input

{ 'task_description': 'Inspect faulty machine, retrieve tool, deliver to machine.' }

Agent execution

No agent tool is listed for this challenge.

Evaluated output

{ 'initial_plan': [ { 'step': 1, 'action': '...', 'tool': '...' } ], 'execution_log': [ { 'timestamp': '...', 'robot_action': '...', 'agent_decisio...

Evaluation checks
  • Verify that the agent system successfully completes the specified robot task in the simulation.
  • Verify that the agent system correctly identifies hazards and triggers appropriate safety protocols.
  • Verify that the agents correctly invoke and utilize the Semantic Kernel-managed robot skills.
Configured evaluation evidence
  • Plan Optimality Score target: 0.9
Configured runtime
  • Python execution harness

Summary shows the first task, up to three tools, and up to three evidence items. Open the technical recipe to view all configured items.

View technical recipe

Configured tools

No tool records are attached.

Evaluation contract

  • Verify that the agent system successfully completes the specified robot task in the simulation.
  • Verify that the agent system correctly identifies hazards and triggers appropriate safety protocols.
  • Verify that the agents correctly invoke and utilize the Semantic Kernel-managed robot skills.

Metrics

  • Plan Optimality Score · Target 0.9
  • Reaction Time to Hazards · Target 5

Workflow tasks

  1. Task 1

    Input: { 'task_description': 'Inspect faulty machine, retrieve tool, deliver to machine.' }

    Output: { 'initial_plan': [ { 'step': 1, 'action': '...', 'tool': '...' } ], 'execution_log': [ { 'timestamp': '...', 'robot_action': '...', 'agent_decision': '...' } ], 'final_status': 'Completed|Failed' }

    Execution harness: Python

  2. Task 2

    Input: { 'initial_plan_summary': '...', 'hazard_detected': { 'type': 'fire', 'location': '...' } }

    Output: { 'safety_alert_triggered': true, 'agent_communication_trace': '...', 'revised_plan': [ { 'step': 1, 'action': '...', 'tool': '...' } ] }

    Execution harness: Python

  3. Task 3

    Input: { 'task_scenario': 'Complex multi-robot coordination' }

    Output: { 'a2a_log': [ { 'timestamp': '...', 'sender': '...', 'receiver': '...', 'message_type': '...', 'content': '...' } ] }

    Execution harness: Python

Recipe freeze marker

No recipe freeze time is recorded.

Frequently Asked Questions about Humanoid Robot Task Planning