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Autonomous robot navigation using a reactive agent

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AI*IA 97: Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 1997)

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The paper discusses the architecture of a Reactive Agent, capable of carrying out autonomous navigation. The agent extends the artificial potential field approach, used for trajectory formation, to environment exploration and symbolic feature detection. The agent's capabilities range from obstacle avoidance to maze navigation, carried out autonomously or under the supervision of higher cognitive levels.

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  1. DIST, University of Genova, Via Opera Pia 13, Genova, Italy

    Maurizio Piaggio, Antonio Sgorbissa & Renato Zaccaria

  2. DEEI, University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio 10, Trieste, Italy

    Gianni Vercelli

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  1. Maurizio Piaggio
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Maurizio Lenzerini

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Piaggio, M., Sgorbissa, A., Vercelli, G., Zaccaria, R. (1997). Autonomous robot navigation using a reactive agent. In: Lenzerini, M. (eds) AI*IA 97: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. AI*IA 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1321. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63576-9_99

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