Symmetry reduction is a well studied subject in geometric mechanics, where symmetries are usually described as an invariance under an action of a Lie group.
The cake-cutting problem provides a model for addressing fair allocation of a divisible resource (metaphorically, the cake) among agents with distinct preferences.
As scientists and engineers, we have long aimed at solving real-time problems such as detecting and localizing objects seen by our video recorder or at least something like Pokemon's Animedex.