Title :
Research of communication mechanism of multi-agent robot systems
Author :
Jun, Gao Zhi ; Guozheng, Yan ; Guoqing, Ding ; Heng, Huang
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Electron. & Inf., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China
Abstract :
The cooperation of a multi-robot system that is based on the multi-agent system (MAS) theory of distributed artificial intelligence has become a hotspot in robotics R&D. In the research, the communication and cooperation of multi-agents become the key problem for gaining the dynamic running information of cooperating robots. We introduce the communication modes for agents and provide a common strategy (which aims at the communication resources of a multi-agent model)-the CSMA/CD (carrier sense multiple access with collision detection) protocol which is based on the transmission medium. It supports cable-communication of multi-robot systems and experiments prove its validity
Keywords :
carrier sense multiple access; collision avoidance; local area networks; mobile robots; multi-agent systems; multi-robot systems; protocols; telecommunication network routing; CSMA/CD protocol; cable-communication; carrier sense multiple access with collision detection protocol; communication mechanism; cooperation; distributed artificial intelligence; multi-agent robot systems; robotics R&D; Access protocols; Artificial intelligence; Broadcasting; Intelligent agent; Intelligent robots; Mars; Multiagent systems; Research and development; Robot sensing systems; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Micromechatronics and Human Science, 2001. MHS 2001. Proceedings of 2001 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7190-9
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.2001.965225
