Agent Factory: Towards Social Robots

This paper advocates the application of multi-agent techniques in the realisation of social robotic behaviour. We present the Social Robot Architecture, which integrates the key elements of agent-hood and robotics in a coherent and systematic manner. This architecture seamlessly integrates, real world robots, multi-agent development tools, and VRML visualisation tools into a coherent whole. Using these elements, we deliver a development environment, which facilitates rapid prototyping of social robot communities.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: CEEMAS
• Authors: Gregory M. P. O'Hare, Brian R. Duffy, Rem W. Collier, Colm Rooney, R. P. S. O'Donoghue
• Keywords: CEEMAS 1999, Intelligent Agents, Social Robot, Social Robot Architecture, Social Robotic Behaviour