Title : 
Communication learning for cooperation among autonomous robots
         
        
            Author : 
Hoshino, Miho ; Asama, Hajime ; Kawabata, Kuniaki ; Kunii, Yasuharu ; Endo, Isao
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Electron. & Commun. Eng., Chuo Univ., Tokyo, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Communication among robots is necessary for autonomous robots to execute tasks cooperatively. Previous researches related to cooperative behavior among robots have largely depended on a predefined action or communication system.. However, it is difficult to set a fixed system., and more difficult for the agents to adapt to novel situations or tasks in a dynamic environment. Against these conventional fixed systems, new systems such as an emergence scheme have been proposed. In these systems, agents are required to understand the environment through experiences interacting with the environment, and adapt to it. We describe a method for robots to learn appropriate actions including communication to adapt to the environment without giving a fixed behavior or communication system precedency
         
        
            Keywords : 
collision avoidance; learning (artificial intelligence); mobile robots; multi-robot systems; appropriate actions; autonomous robots; communication learning; cooperation; dynamic environment; emergence scheme; multi-agent robotic system; Availability; Chemical engineering; Collision avoidance; Machine learning; Mobile communication; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Robot sensing systems; Speech;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Industrial Electronics Society, 2000. IECON 2000. 26th Annual Confjerence of the IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Nagoya
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-6456-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IECON.2000.972602