Paper Info
Title
Agents at play: Off-the-shelf software for practical multi-robot applications
Abstract
A practical solution based on multi-agent protocols for the development of real-world multi-robot applications is presented. FIPA standard protocols implemented by the JADE library provide the standard functionality for a number of tasks. Robot behaviors are built upon the player middleware. Such components provide off-the-shelf tools which allow a straightforward implementation of indoor localization and navigation tasks for a team of mobile robots. Such integration combines proven mobile robot algorithms with a distributed infrastructure, and extends the capabilities from a robot alone to a whole team of robots, thus allowing the development of cooperative applications. As a proof of concept, an auction-like goal assignment task is presented: the robot team is given a goal, and each robot proposes an estimated cost for achieving it, then the best proposal is selected. Most of the control flow is automated by the standard interaction protocols. Experimental evaluation demonstrates the advantages of combining both frameworks, for a practical yet sound development of multi-robot applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/IROS.2008.4650660
Nice
Keywords
Field
DocType
Java,middleware,mobile robots,multi-agent systems,multi-robot systems,path planning,protocols,FIPA standard protocol,JADE library,auction-like goal assignment task,indoor localization,middleware,mobile robot navigation,multiagent protocol,off-the-shelf software,practical multirobot application
Middleware,Motion planning,Computer science,Multi-agent system,Software,Proof of concept,Mobile robot navigation,Robot,Mobile robot,Distributed computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-2057-5
0
0.34
References 
Authors
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
E Cervera191.64
J. Sales2447.28
Nomdedeu, L.300.34
Raúl Marín49314.55