Title :
Fuzzy multi-agent interaction
Author :
Molina, José Manuel ; Matellán, Vicente ; Sommaruga, Lorenzo
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Inf., Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper a fuzzy communication protocol among agents in a group is presented as an alternative solution to the classical ones needed in architectures for the cooperation of agents. In order to achieve this goal, the integration of previous works carried out on fuzzy behaviors and on cooperative architectures at the Intelligent Agents Laboratory has been used. This cooperation/coordination protocol is necessary to successfully control a group of autonomous robots. The protocol takes into account the fuzzy controllers used in the design of the robots. Three different fuzzy protocols have been considered and tested, both in a simulator and in real robots. Results of the experiment carried out and the conclusions obtained are presented
Keywords :
access protocols; cooperative systems; fuzzy control; intelligent control; mobile robots; path planning; position control; software agents; Intelligent Agents Laboratory; cooperation protocol; cooperative systems; coordination protocol; fuzzy communication protocol; fuzzy controllers; fuzzy multiple agent interaction; mobile robots; Communication system control; Fuzzy control; Fuzzy reasoning; Intelligent agent; Intelligent robots; Protocols; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Testing; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1996., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3280-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1996.565421