Mobile agent gain scheduler control in inter-continental intelligent space

Intelligent space (iSpace) is a space (room, corridor, or street), which has distributed sensory intelligence and it is equipped with mobile agents. In this paper new concept of the iSpace to connect distant places, over packet switched network is introduced. Experimental iSpace of Hashimoto Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan and Advanced Diagnosis Automation and Control Lab, North Carolina State University, USA is connected to form an inter-continental intelligent space. Conventionally, in order to control an application over a data network, a specified control of teleoperation algorithm is usually required for controller design to compensate network delay effects. Therefore an existing controller has to be redesigned or replaced by a new controller system. This replacement process is usually costly, inconvenient, and time-consuming. In this paper, a novel methodology to enable existing controllers for networked control and teleoperation by middleware is introduced. Mobile agent located in Japan is controlled by tracking controller located in USA to show the effectiveness of the middleware methodology.