Automatic Configuration of Multi-Robot Systems: Planning for Multiple Steps

We consider multi-robot systems where robots need to cooperate tightly by sharing functionalities with each other. There are methods for automatically configuring a multi-robot system for tight cooperation, but they only produce a single configuration. In this paper, we show how methods for automatic configuration can be integrated with methods for task planning in order to produce a complete plan were each step is a configuration. We also consider the issues of monitoring and replanning in this context, and we demonstrate our approach on a real multi-robot system, the PEIS-Ecology.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ECAI
• Authors: Robert Lundh, Lars Karlsson, Alessandro Saffiotti
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2008, Multi-robot System, Single Configuration, Tight Cooperation