Collective Grounded Representations for Robots

Realistic applications of autonomous Robotics face a lot of difficulties in real environments. To navigate, self-localize and cooperate in such contexts, a multi-robot system has to find a way to represent and share knowledge about the world it is living in. In this paper we discuss the necessity and the advantages of grounding representations and communications of a robots team in real perceptions. We describe a technical framework designed for this purpose, which is based on the classification of the perceptions of a robots population. Percepts must have specific properties to enable grounding, and we present particular percepts well suited to this process. Finally we discuss the possible usages of grounded classes and propose a grid representation for fusion and exchange.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: DARS
• Authors: Louis Hugues
• Keywords: Autonomous Robotics, DARS 2000, Real Environments, Realistic Applications, Robotics