Control and Path Planning for Multi-agent Mobile Vehicles System

A multi-agent system for mobile vehicles which can work efficiently with existing manufacturing systems is introduced, and the transport scheduling combining the contract-net with heuristic rules is presented. Then path planning of multi-agent mobile vehicles is discussed. A* algorithm is adopted in order to find a shortest path because of less calculation and faster speed than other algorithms. Conflicts among multi-agent mobile vehicles can be resolved through communication and coordination of multi-agent mobile vehicles´ agents. At the end, computer simulation is given.