Robotic workspace layout planning

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request to generate a layout of a workspace for an automated robotic process to be performed by a plurality of mobile robots;
• generating a plurality of candidate workspace layouts that each have a different assignment of robots to a plurality of workcells, each workcell having a different location in the workspace, and wherein one or more of the plurality of candidate workspace layouts assign multiple robots to a same workcell;
• performing an evaluation process on each of the plurality of candidate workspace layouts according to one or more workspace layout criteria;
• selecting a final workspace layout based on the evaluation process;
• and
• providing instructions to the plurality of mobile robots that cause the plurality of mobile robots to move to respective locations specified in the selected final workspace layout.

One or more non-transitory computer storage media encoded with computer program instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request to generate a layout of a workspace for an automated robotic process to be performed by a plurality of mobile robots;
• generating a plurality of candidate workspace layouts that each have a different assignment of robots to a plurality of workcells, each workcell having a different location in the workspace, and wherein one or more of the plurality of candidate workspace layouts assign multiple robots to a same workcell;
• performing an evaluation process on each of the plurality of candidate workspace layouts according to one or more workspace layout criteria;
• selecting a final workspace layout based on the evaluation process;
• and
• providing instructions to the plurality of mobile robots that cause the plurality of mobile robots to move to respective locations specified in the selected final workspace layout.