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We consider scenarios in which robots need to collaboratively perform a task. Our focus is on scenarios where every robot has the same goal and performs autonomous decisions on which next step to do to reach the shared goal. The robots can synchronize by requesting each others’ help. Our approach builds on a knowledge-based architecture in which robot goals and behaviour are encoded declaratively using logic programming, that is Prolog in our case. Each robot executes the same Prolog program and requests help from other robots to cooperatively solve some subtasks. In this paper we present the system architecture and a proof-of-concept scenario of tidying up an apartment. In this scenario a set of robots are working autonomously yet collaboratively to tidy up a simulated apartment by placing the scattered objects in their proper places.
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The authors acknowledge funding from the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology ‘CITEC’ (EXC 277), Bielefeld University.
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Javia, B., Cimiano, P. (2017). A Logic Programming Approach to Collaborative Autonomous Robotics. In: Kern-Isberner, G., Fürnkranz, J., Thimm, M. (eds) KI 2017: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. KI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10505. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67190-1_25
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