Download or read book A Mobile Agent based Framework for Automatic Coordination of Autonomous Multi robot Systems written by Binsen Qian and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robots can protect humans from risk in many applications, such as search and rescue, outer-space exploration, and toxic cleanup. Multi-robot systems have a huge potential to benefit versatile applications through reconfiguring heterogeneous or homogeneous robots in different ways. This includes combining different capabilities for heterogeneous systems and forming different physical configurations for homogeneous systems. Additionally, multi-robot systems can reduce overall time consumption by pursuing goals by parallel execution. For example, for those applications that contain spatially separate tasks, multiple robot groups can work in different locations simultaneously and therefore improve the performance in terms of time. More importantly, due to the multiple agents and data sharing, the entire system is more fault-tolerance. While having these advantages, it also raises numerous software design challenges, such as communication, task assignment, and resource conflicts. Ideally, a cooperation framework needs to be robust, adaptable, efficient, and flexible to an extent. This research thesis presents the design and implementation of RoboCoop, a mobile agent-based framework for automatic coordination of multi-robot systems. RoboCoop consists of several modules, such as knowledge base, Input/Output, task procession/execution, and sensor reading. The agent-based framework utilizes the innate advantages of the multi-threading of each agent, such that each module can run persistently without blocking others. Modules can exchange information and data through inter-agent communication based on the standards of the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA). The presented framework allows robots to coordinate, manage, and execute tasks automatically. Also, a backup mechanism is developed to ensure the robustness of robot systems. Moreover, it allows customized algorithms and strategies for task allocation and execution. Three case studies have been completed with three different robots, Linkbot, CPSBot, and Lego Mindstorms NXT/EV3, to demonstrate the potentials of the framework. In the box pushing application, there are over-sized boxes that require two robots pushing simultaneously to make it move straight, which demonstrates the ability of synchronization of RoboCoop. Then the field mapping application illustrates how robots can work in parallel to reduce completion time for missions that can be split into subsets. Finally, the robot soccer not only shows the use of sensor fusion in robot localization but also illustrates the cooperation of two teammates to complete a free-kick.

Download or read book A Persistent Decentralized Massively Scalable Mobile agent Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Optimizing Robotic Gaits written by David Ko and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-robot and modular robotic systems present a novel robotics paradigm: They can accomplish a wide variety of tasks using different physical configurations and control laws; they can be cheaper than traditional robotics because identical modules can be mass produced; they form fault-tolerant systems because malfunctioning modules can easily be swapped out; and their available computing power continues to increase exponentially. These factors can make autonomous modular robots ideal for usage in remote areas where a single set of robots might have to perform a variety of impromptu tasks. For instance, these robotic systems might be used for search-and-rescue, or deep-sea and space exploration missions. Creating control laws for a cluster of modular robots with an arbitrary morphology presents an interesting challenge. Ideally, the robot morphologies and control laws for arbitrary morphologies should be generated dynamically by the robotic systems themselves for cases where human input is minimal or nonexistent. Among these controls is the locomotion of these modular robots, or robotic gaits. A Persistent Distributed Agent-Based Genetic Algorithm (PDABGA) has been designed and tested towards the goal of dynamically generating robotic gaits for a cluster of modular robots in the course of this research. PDABGA is based on an agency framework called Mobile-C, an IEEE Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents standards compliant mobile agent framework. PDABGA leverages innate features of the mobile agent framework, such as persistence, computational distribution, and robustness. To generate optimal gaits for arbitrary robot morphologies, PDABGA augments agents with the core principles of the Genetic Algorithm: sexual reproduction among a population of candidate solutions. The system has been validated to show that it can leverage multiple cooperating computing nodes to generate high quality results.

Download or read book Applications of Mobile Robots written by and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes a selection of research work in the mobile robotics area, where several interesting topics are presented. In this way we find a review of multi-agents, different techniques applied to the navigation systems, artificial intelligence algorithms, which include deep learning applications, systems where a Kalman filter estimator is extended for visual odometry, and finally the design of an on-chip system for the execution of cognitive agents. Additionally, the development of different ideas in mobile robot applications are included and hopefully will be useful and enriching for readers.

Download or read book Advanced Agent Technology written by Francien Dechesne and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of 5 workshops, held at the 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2011, in Taipei, Taiwan, May 2-6, 2011. The 37 revised full papers presented together with 1 invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in sections on the workshops Agent-Based Modeling for Policy Engineering (AMPLE), Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE), Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS), Data Oriented Constructive Mining and Multi-Agent Simulation, Massively Multi-Agent Systems: Models, Methods and Tools (DOCM3AS), and Infrastructures and Tools for Multiagent Systems (ITMAS).

Download or read book Modelling and Controlling of Behaviour for Autonomous Mobile Robots written by Hendrik Skubch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As research progresses, it enables multi-robot systems to be used in more and more complex and dynamic scenarios. Hence, the question arises how different modelling and reasoning paradigms can be utilised to describe the intended behaviour of a team and execute it in a robust and adaptive manner. Hendrik Skubch presents a solution, ALICA (A Language for Interactive Cooperative Agents) which combines modelling techniques drawn from different paradigms in an integrative fashion. Hierarchies of finite state machines are used to structure the behaviour of the team such that temporal and causal relationships can be expressed. Utility functions weigh different options against each other and assign agents to different tasks. Finally, non-linear constraint satisfaction and optimisation problems are integrated, allowing for complex cooperative behaviour to be specified in a concise, theoretically well-founded manner.

Download or read book Automatic Coordination and Deployment of Multi robot Systems written by Brian Stephen Smith and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present automatic tools for configuring and deploying multi-robot networks of decentralized, mobile robots. These methods are tailored to the decentralized nature of the multi-robot network and the limited information available to each robot. We present methods for determining if user-defined network tasks are feasible or infeasible for the network, considering the limited range of its sensors. To this end, we define rigid and persistent feasibility and present necessary and sufficient conditions (along with corresponding algorithms) for determining the feasibility of arbitrary, user-defined deployments. Control laws for moving multi-robot networks in acyclic, persistent formations are defined. We also present novel Embedded Graph Grammar Systems (EGGs) for coordinating and deploying the network. These methods exploit graph representations of the network, as well as graph-based rules that dictate how robots coordinate their control. Automatic systems are defined that allow the robots to assemble arbitrary, user-defined formations without any reliance on localization. Further, this system is augmented to deploy these formations at the user-defined, global location in the environment, despite limited localization of the network. The culmination of this research is an intuitive software program with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and a satellite image map which allows users to enter the desired locations of sensors. The automatic tools presented here automatically configure an actual multi-robot network to deploy and execute user-defined network tasks.

Download or read book Multi Robot Systems From Swarms to Intelligent Automata Volume II written by Alan C. Schultz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Proceedings Volume documents recent cutting-edge developments in multi-robot systems research and is the result of the Second International Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems that was held in March 2003 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. This Workshop brought together top researchers working in areas relevant to designing teams of autonomous vehicles, including robots and unmanned ground, air, surface, and undersea vehicles. The workshop focused on the challenging issues of team architectures, vehicle learning and adaptation, heterogeneous group control and cooperation, task selection, dynamic autonomy, mixed initiative, and human and robot team interaction. A broad range of applications of this technology are presented in this volume, including UCAVS (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles), micro-air vehicles, UUVs (Unmanned Underwater Vehicles), UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles), planetary exploration, assembly in space, clean-up, and urban search and rescue. This Proceedings Volume represents the contributions of the top researchers in this field and serves as a valuable tool for professionals in this interdisciplinary field.

Download or read book Springer Handbook of Robotics written by Bruno Siciliano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 2259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview on the various aspects in the rapidly developing field of robotics. Reaching for the human frontier, robotics is vigorously engaged in the growing challenges of new emerging domains. Interacting, exploring, and working with humans, the new generation of robots will increasingly touch people and their lives. The credible prospect of practical robots among humans is the result of the scientific endeavour of a half a century of robotic developments that established robotics as a modern scientific discipline. The ongoing vibrant expansion and strong growth of the field during the last decade has fueled this second edition of the Springer Handbook of Robotics. The first edition of the handbook soon became a landmark in robotics publishing and won the American Association of Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics as well as the organization’s Award for Engineering & Technology. The second edition of the handbook, edited by two internationally renowned scientists with the support of an outstanding team of seven part editors and more than 200 authors, continues to be an authoritative reference for robotics researchers, newcomers to the field, and scholars from related disciplines. The contents have been restructured to achieve four main objectives: the enlargement of foundational topics for robotics, the enlightenment of design of various types of robotic systems, the extension of the treatment on robots moving in the environment, and the enrichment of advanced robotics applications. Further to an extensive update, fifteen new chapters have been introduced on emerging topics, and a new generation of authors have joined the handbook’s team. A novel addition to the second edition is a comprehensive collection of multimedia references to more than 700 videos, which bring valuable insight into the contents. The videos can be viewed directly augmented into the text with a smartphone or tablet using a unique and specially designed app. Springer Handbook of Robotics Multimedia Extension Portal: http://handbookofrobotics.org/

Download or read book Robotics and Automation Systems written by Cornel Bri?an and published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd. This book was released on 2010-09-10 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of a collection of papers arising from the 5th International Conference on Robotics – ROBOTICS 2010, which was held in Cluj-Napoca, from the 23rd to the 25th September, 2010, and was organized by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Department of Mechanisms, Precision Mechanics and Mechatronics, and the Romanian Society of Robotics (SRR). Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The presentations covered the topics of: Robotics; Mechanical design of robot architectures, Sensors and actuators in robotics; Mobile robots navigation and obstacle avoidance; Mechatronics; Industrial automation, process control, manufacturing processes and automation; Micro- and nano-robots, parallel robots; Artificial intelligence, intelligent control, neuro-control, fuzzy control and their applications; Control system modeling, simulation techniques and methodologies; Biomedical and rehabilitation engineering, prosthetics and artificial organs; Tele-operation, tele-robotics, haptics, and tele-operated semi-autonomous systems; Robotics for automobile production; Virtual reality. The book thus constitutes a timely overview of this important subject.

Download or read book Objective Coordination in Multi Agent System Engineering written by Michael Schumacher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-04-25 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a suitably defined coordination model distinguishing between objective (inter-agent) coordination and subjective (intra-agent) coordination, this book addresses the engineering of multi-agent systems and thus contributes to closing the gap between research and applications in agent technology. After reviewing the state of the art, the author introduces the general coordination model ECM and the corresponding object-oriented coordination language STL++. The practicability of ECM/STL++ is illustrated by the simulation of a particular collective robotics application and the automation of an e-commerce trading system. Situated at the intersection of behavior-based artificial intelligence and concurrent and distributed systems, this monograph is of relevance to the agent R&D community approaching agent technology from the distributed artificial intelligence point of view as well as for the distributed systems community.

Download or read book Autonomous Mobile Robots and Multi Robot Systems written by Eugene Kagan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a theoretical and practical guide to the communication and navigation of autonomous mobile robots and multi-robot systems This book covers the methods and algorithms for the navigation, motion planning, and control of mobile robots acting individually and in groups. It addresses methods of positioning in global and local coordinates systems, off-line and on-line path-planning, sensing and sensors fusion, algorithms of obstacle avoidance, swarming techniques and cooperative behavior. The book includes ready-to-use algorithms, numerical examples and simulations, which can be directly implemented in both simple and advanced mobile robots, and is accompanied by a website hosting codes, videos, and PowerPoint slides Autonomous Mobile Robots and Multi-Robot Systems: Motion-Planning, Communication and Swarming consists of four main parts. The first looks at the models and algorithms of navigation and motion planning in global coordinates systems with complete information about the robot’s location and velocity. The second part considers the motion of the robots in the potential field, which is defined by the environmental states of the robot's expectations and knowledge. The robot's motion in the unknown environments and the corresponding tasks of environment mapping using sensed information is covered in the third part. The fourth part deals with the multi-robot systems and swarm dynamics in two and three dimensions. Provides a self-contained, theoretical guide to understanding mobile robot control and navigation Features implementable algorithms, numerical examples, and simulations Includes coverage of models of motion in global and local coordinates systems with and without direct communication between the robots Supplemented by a companion website offering codes, videos, and PowerPoint slides Autonomous Mobile Robots and Multi-Robot Systems: Motion-Planning, Communication and Swarming is an excellent tool for researchers, lecturers, senior undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers dealing with mobile robots and related issues.

Download or read book Robotic Systems Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 2075 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through expanded intelligence, the use of robotics has fundamentally transformed a variety of fields, including manufacturing, aerospace, medicine, social services, and agriculture. Continued research on robotic design is critical to solving various dynamic obstacles individuals, enterprises, and humanity at large face on a daily basis. Robotic Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that delves into the current issues, methodologies, and trends relating to advanced robotic technology in the modern world. Highlighting a range of topics such as mechatronics, cybernetics, and human-computer interaction, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for robotics engineers, mechanical engineers, robotics technicians, operators, software engineers, designers, programmers, industry professionals, researchers, students, academicians, and computer practitioners seeking current research on developing innovative ideas for intelligent and autonomous robotics systems.

Download or read book Advances in Plan Based Control of Robotic Agents written by Michael Beetz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, autonomous robots, including Xavier, Martha [1], Rhino [2,3], Minerva,and Remote Agent, have shown impressive performance in long-term demonstrations. In NASA’s Deep Space program, for example, an - tonomous spacecraft controller, called the Remote Agent [5], has autonomously performed a scienti?c experiment in space. At Carnegie Mellon University, Xavier [6], another autonomous mobile robot, navigated through an o?ce - vironment for more than a year, allowing people to issue navigation commands and monitor their execution via the Internet. In 1998, Minerva [7] acted for 13 days as a museum tourguide in the Smithsonian Museum, and led several thousand people through an exhibition. These autonomous robots have in common that they rely on plan-based c- trol in order to achieve better problem-solving competence. In the plan-based approach, robots generate control actions by maintaining and executing a plan that is e?ective and has a high expected utility with respect to the robots’ c- rent goals and beliefs. Plans are robot control programs that a robot can not only execute but also reason about and manipulate [4]. Thus, a plan-based c- troller is able to manage and adapt the robot’s intended course of action — the plan — while executing it and can thereby better achieve complex and changing tasks.

Download or read book Multiagent System Technologies written by Jörg P. Müller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th German Conference on Multiagent System Technologies, MATES 2014, held in Stuttgart, Germany, in September 2014. The 9 full papers and 7 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The book also contains 2 invited talks. The papers are organized in topical sections named: mechanisms, negotiation, and game theory; multiagent planning, learning, and control; and multiagent systems engineering, modeling and simulation.

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence written by Jingsheng Lei and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume proceedings contains revised selected papers from the 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence, AICI 2012, held in Chengdu, China, in October 2012. The total of 163 high-quality papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 724 submissions. The papers are organized into topical sections on applications of artificial intelligence, applications of computational intelligence, data mining and knowledge discovery, evolution strategy, expert and decision support systems, fuzzy computation, information security, intelligent control, intelligent image processing, intelligent information fusion, intelligent signal processing, machine learning, neural computation, neural networks, particle swarm optimization, and pattern recognition.

Download or read book A Mixed initiative Framework for Multi agent Human robot Teams written by John Alexander Duncan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robots and autonomous systems are expanding into more complex, dynamic, and human-centered operating domains. In such domains, neither full autonomy nor full human control are ideal and the appropriate level of autonomy is contextually-dependent. Mixed-initiative systems enable flexible autonomy, making them ideal for complex operating environments. However, most mixed-initiative research does not consider multi-agent human-robot systems, and a multi-agent mixed-initiative robot control framework is not readily available. This project explores the requirements for a mixed-initiative human-robot control framework and proposes an initial design. The mixed-initiative framework was deployed onto a mobile robot, where three different agents could take, transfer, share, enable, or disable robot control. Compared to single-agent systems, the multi-agent mixed-initiative system completed a series of navigation tasks more quickly. The multi-agent system also completed navigation tasks that a single-agent autonomous system could not. Further design improvements and applications for mixed-initiative systems are discussed

Download or read book Mobile Intelligent Autonomous Systems written by Jitendra R. Raol and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 835 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond the traditional field of robotics to include other mobile vehicles, this reference and "recipe book" describes important theoretical concepts, techniques, and applications that can be used to build truly mobile intelligent autonomous systems (MIAS). With the infusion of neural networks, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithm paradigms for MIAS, it blends modeling, sensors, control, estimation, optimization, signal processing, and heuristic methods in MIAS and robotics, and includes examples and applications throughout. Offering a comprehensive view of important topics, it helps readers understand the subject from a system-theoretic and practical point of view.