Title :
Negotiation between multiple mobile robots and an environment manager
Author :
Asama, Hajime ; Ozaki, Koichi ; Ishida, Yoshiki ; Habib, Maki Khalil ; Matsumoto, Akihiro ; Endo, Isao
Author_Institution :
Chem. Eng. Lab., Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
An autonomous and decentralized robot system, ACTRESS, is being developed as an intelligent robot system which is composed of multiple robotic agents. In this paper, the basic concept of ACTRESS and a strategy for organizing multiple mobile robots including a communication framework in ACTRESS are introduced. The negotiation for distributed problem solving and cooperative actions is discussed. Especially, in order to manage and share the changing environment information, negotiation between multiple mobile robots and an environment manager is required. Finally, a wireless communication system for negotiation between multiple robotic agents is developed. Its performance is analyzed by experimental evaluation on searching for an environment manager by mobile robots, and some examples of communication including negotiation are shown.<>
Keywords :
data communication systems; decentralised control; intelligent control; mobile robots; ACTRESS; cooperative actions; decentralized robot system; distributed problem solving; environment manager; multiple mobile robots; negotiation; robotic agents; wireless communication system; Chemical engineering; Engineering management; Environmental management; Intelligent robots; Mechanical engineering; Mobile communication; Mobile robots; Parallel robots; Problem-solving; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Robotics, 1991. 'Robots in Unstructured Environments', 91 ICAR., Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa, Italy
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0078-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICAR.1991.240598
