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Communication Mechanism in a Distributed System of Mobile Robots

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This paper addresses problems of communication and information sharing in the system of heterogenous mobile robots and stationary sensors. We analyze information sharing between robots and sensors treated as agents, and propose a framework based on the Contract Net Protocol. We define the software architecture for the communication system. This architecture, based on an object-oriented library, provides agents with unified communication interfaces.

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  1. Department of Control, Robotics, and Computer, Science, Technical University of Poznań, ul. Piotrowo 3A, PL-60-965, Poznań, Poland

    Andrzej Kasiński & Piotr Skrzypczyński

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  1. Advanced Engineering Center, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, 351-0198, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan

    Hajime Asama (Head of Instrumentation Project Promotion Division) (Head of Instrumentation Project Promotion Division)

  2. Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, The Unviersity of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, 113-8656, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Tamio Arai (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Micro System Engineering, Nagoya University, 464-8603, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    Toshio Fukuda (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Department of Intelligent Systems Graduate School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, 812-8581, Higaschi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

    Tsutomu Hasegawa (Professor) (Professor)

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Kasiński, A., Skrzypczyński, P. (2002). Communication Mechanism in a Distributed System of Mobile Robots. In: Asama, H., Arai, T., Fukuda, T., Hasegawa, T. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 5. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65941-9_6

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