Internalized Plans for Communication-Sensitive Robot Team Behaviors

Abstract

Autonomous teams of robots operating in a dynamic, adversarial environment stand to benefit from using all available resources. But how can knowledge be used to construct a plan that does not interfere with the robot's ability to react to its environment? In this research, the authors distill abstract representation into a plan usable by a reactive behavior-based architecture. This plan is then exploited to enhance the performance of a team of robots tasked with maintaining communications while performing reconnaissance. Utilizing multiple plans in serial and in parallel is shown via simulation to be a promising method for increasing mission performance. They conclude that the utility of these internalized plans warrants further investigation as a method for imbuing reactive agents with a priori map knowledge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA442281

Entities

People

  • Alan R. Wagner
  • Ronald C. Arkin

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Algorithms
  • Computational Complexity
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Environment
  • Gain
  • Grids
  • Information Operations
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Networks
  • Reconnaissance
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Teamwork

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction
  • Autonomy - UAVs