Study on "virtual robot in network environment - Softman"

The Internet faces the following serious problems: (1) the complexity of information, (2) serious network security loophole, (3) can\´t provide humanization service. For the sake of seeking a new path for the above problems, based on the works of domestic and international experts, we put forward the concept of "softman". It\´s basic speculation is: regarding AI (artificial intelligence), AL (artificial life) and distributed system as its theoretical foundations, integrating techniques of "intelligent robot", "intelligent network" and "MAS (multi agent system)", we can develop a kind of automatic intelligence network tool: "softman". It can migrate freely in cyberspace and can adopt the "IIPP (intelligent information push-pull)" technique to handle some appointed missions automatically. The concept, essence, theory foundations, characteristics and models of softman are discussed in this paper. Finally a realizable individual softman overall model is given.