Title :
Agent-based control for a dynamically reconfigurable mobile robotic structure
Author :
Abielmona, Rami ; Petriu, Emil M. ; Groza, Voicu Z.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
This work discusses an agent-based control system utilized for target tracking by clusters of basic mobile robotic sensor agents coupled to form complex reconfigurable mobile structures. Coupling and de-coupling mobile agents are controlled using an adaptive algorithm, which does not initially know the physical constraints tying the agents together, but is able to navigate the structure as if it were a single entity.
Keywords :
adaptive control; control system synthesis; intelligent sensors; mobile agents; mobile robots; target tracking; adaptive algorithm; agent based control system; coupling mobile agents; decoupling mobile agents; dynamically reconfigurable mobile robotic structure; intelligent sensors; mobile robotic sensor agents; target tracking; Control systems; Humans; Infrared sensors; Instruction sets; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Mobile robots; Robot sensing systems; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Robot Sensing, 2004. ROSE 2004. International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8296-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROSE.2004.1317609