Achieving cooperation in a distributed multi-robot team

DMAPS (Distributed Multi-Agent Planning System) is a planning system developed for distributed multi-robot teams based on MAPS(Multi-Agent Planning System). MAPS assumes that each agent has the same global view of the environment in order to determine the most suitable actions. This assumption fails when perception is local to the agents: each agent has only a partial and unique view of the environment. DMAPS addresses this problem by creating a probabilistic global view on each agent by fusing the perceptual information from each robot. The experimental results on consuming tasks show that while the probabilistic global view is not identical on each robot, the shared view is still effective in increasing performance of the team.

Kitchen, Lahz House, Spring Hill

Winner of the Robin Dods Award RAIA Queensland Chapter 1990

Kitchen and dining area, Lahz House, Spring Hill

View to new kitchen and dining area, as seen from sitting room. Winner of the Robin Dods Award RAIA Queensland Chapter 1990