Title :
Pursuit-evasion games with unmanned ground and aerial vehicles
Author :
Vidal, René ; Rashid, Shahid ; Sharp, Cory ; Shakernia, Omid ; Kim, Jin ; Sastry, Shankar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of EECS, California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Presents the implementation of a hierarchical architecture for the coordination and control of a heterogeneous team of autonomous agents. We consider the problem of having a team of agents pursue a second team of evaders while building a map of the environment. The control architecture emphasizes the autonomy of each agent yet allows for coordinated efforts among them. We address the technical challenges and implementation issues of multi-agent operation. Finally we present experimental results of a pursuit-evasion game scenario between unmanned ground and aerial vehicles.
Keywords :
Markov processes; aerospace robotics; game theory; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; path planning; remotely operated vehicles; robot vision; autonomous agents; control architecture; evaders; heterogeneous team; hierarchical architecture; implementation issues; multi-agent operation; pursuit-evasion games; technical challenges; unmanned aerial vehicles; unmanned ground vehicles; Autonomous agents; Buildings; Computer vision; Game theory; Land vehicles; Maximum likelihood estimation; Remotely operated vehicles; Road vehicles; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Working environment noise;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6576-3
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2001.933069