A multi-agent environment in robotics

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1991

Authors

oliveira, eugenio (Author) FEUP; camacho, r (Author) FEUP; ramos, c (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Robotica

Vol. 9

Pages: 431-440

ISSN: 0263-5747

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge

Scopus - 5 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-5DY

DOI: 10.1017/S0263574700000618

Abstract (EN): The use of Multi-Agent Systems as a Distributed AI paradigm for Robotics is the principal aim of our present work. In this paper we consider the needed concepts and a suitable architecture for a set of Agents in order to make it possible for them to cooperate in solving non-trivial tasks. Agents are sets of different software modules, each one implementing a function required for cooperation. A Monitor, an Acquaintance and Self-knowledge Modules, an Agenda and an Input queue, on the top of each Intelligent System, are fundamental modules that guarantee the process of cooperation, while the overall aim is devoted to the community of cooperative Agents. These Agents, which our testbed concerns, include Vision, Planner, World Model and the Robot itself.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10