Abstract :
A future network of sophisticated sensors, protection, and repair systems could be integral to clothing, communications devices, transportation systems, buildings, and the environment. These would form the basis for a distributed, adaptable, and resilient "helpful environment"
Keywords :
groupware; software agents; agent collaboration; geographically dispersed intelligent agents; helpful environment; Artificial intelligence; Clothing; Collaboration; Intelligent agent; Intelligent sensors; Protection; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Sensor systems; Transportation; artificial intelligence; emergency response; intelligent agents; safety net; sensor grids; ubiquitous computing;