Research of communication mechanism of multi-agent robot systems

Author

Jun, Gao Zhi ; Guozheng, Yan ; Guoqing, Ding ; Heng, Huang

Author_Institution

Coll. of Electron. & Inf., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

79

Abstract

The cooperation of a multi-robot system that is based on the multi-agent system (MAS) theory of distributed artificial intelligence has become a hotspot in robotics R&D. In the research, the communication and cooperation of multi-agents become the key problem for gaining the dynamic running information of cooperating robots. We introduce the communication modes for agents and provide a common strategy (which aims at the communication resources of a multi-agent model)-the CSMA/CD (carrier sense multiple access with collision detection) protocol which is based on the transmission medium. It supports cable-communication of multi-robot systems and experiments prove its validity

Keywords

carrier sense multiple access; collision avoidance; local area networks; mobile robots; multi-agent systems; multi-robot systems; protocols; telecommunication network routing; CSMA/CD protocol; cable-communication; carrier sense multiple access with collision detection protocol; communication mechanism; cooperation; distributed artificial intelligence; multi-agent robot systems; robotics R&D; Access protocols; Artificial intelligence; Broadcasting; Intelligent agent; Intelligent robots; Mars; Multiagent systems; Research and development; Robot sensing systems; Routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micromechatronics and Human Science, 2001. MHS 2001. Proceedings of 2001 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nagoya

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7190-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MHS.2001.965225

Filename

965225