Multi-Robot Management Framework Based on the Agent Dual-Space Control Paradigm.

Abstract

Some new ideas concerning agent and multiagent systems in the context of robotics are presented. These ideas are based on long term research and experiences in agent the-ory (M-agent architecture) and technology, see (Cetnarowicz 1996), (Ambroszkiewicz & Cetnarowicz 2006). The M-agent (Cetnarowicz 1996) architecture may be used for the taxon-omy of multiagent systems depending on the nature of the environment. If the environment is a cyber-space, MAS con-tains software (possibly mobile) agents. If the environment is a real-space, there are devices (like mobile robots) that may communicate and interoperate. Following this idea, we may say that robot (considered as autonomous intelligent be-ing) is in the cyber-space as a software application (M-agent), whereas the real robot is reduced to a device (tool) perform-