Title :
The artificial ecosystem: a distributed approach to service robotics
Author :
Sgorbissa, Antonio ; Zaccaria, Renato
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Inf. Sistemistica e Telematica, Univ. di Genova, Italy
fDate :
April 26-May 1, 2004
Abstract :
We propose a multiagent, distributed approach to autonomous mobile robotics which is an alternative to most existing systems in literature: robots are thought of as mobile units within an intelligent environment where they coexist and co-operate with fixed, intelligent devices that are assigned different roles: helping the robot to localize itself, controlling automated doors and elevators, detecting emergency situations, etc. To achieve this, intelligent sensors and actuators (i.e. physical agents) are distributed both onboard the robot and throughout the environment, and they are handled by Real-Time software agents which exchange information on a distributed message board. The paper outlines the benefits of the approach in terms of efficiency and Real-Time responsiveness.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; intelligent actuators; intelligent robots; intelligent sensors; mobile agents; mobile robots; multi-agent systems; robot programming; artificial ecosystem; automated door control; autonomous mobile robotics; distributed message board; elevator control; emergency situation; intelligent actuators; intelligent devices; intelligent environment; intelligent sensors; mobile units; multiagent architectures; real time responsiveness; real time software agents; service robotics; Artificial intelligence; Automatic control; Ecosystems; Intelligent actuators; Intelligent agent; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Mobile robots; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8232-3
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1308800