AMADEUS: a mobile, autonomous decentralized utility system for indoor transportation

The authors have developed a mobile, autonomous decentralized utility system for indoor transportation, called AMADEUS. This paper explains how we put it to practical use. AMADEUS is a system designed around transportation agents. We eliminated centrally managed vehicle allocation and routing plans by implementing autonomous vehicle allocation negotiations and collision avoidance between agents. The transportation agent´s collision avoidance function enables the bi-directional movement of vehicles on a single-track thereby making efficient, space-saving transportation possible. This paper introduces the concept of AMADEUS and describes the transportation agent architecture by focusing on installing the collision avoidance function