by H Utz, F Stulp and A Mühlenfeld
Abstract:
This paper describes the joint approach of three research groups to enable a heterogeneous team of robots to exchange belief. The communication framework presented imposes little restrictions on the design and implementation of the individual autonomous mobile systems. The three groups have individually taken part in the RoboCup F2000 league since 1998. Although recent rule changes allow for more robots per team, the cost of acquiring and maintaining autonomous mobile robots keeps teams from making use of this opportunity. A solution is to build mixed teams with robots from different labs. As almost all robots in this league are custom built research platforms with unique sensors, actuators, and software architectures, forming a heterogeneous team presents an exciting challenge.
Reference:
Sharing Belief in Teams of Heterogeneous Robots (H Utz, F Stulp and A Mühlenfeld), In RoboCup-2004: The Eighth RoboCup Competitions and Conferences (D Nardi, M Riedmiller, C Sammut, eds.), Springer Verlag, 2004.
Bibtex Entry:
@inproceedings{utz_sharing_2004,
author = {H Utz and F Stulp and A Mühlenfeld},
title = {Sharing Belief in Teams of Heterogeneous Robots},
booktitle = {{RoboCup-2004:} The Eighth {RoboCup} Competitions and Conferences},
year = {2004},
editor = {Nardi, Daniele and Riedmiller, Martin and Sammut, Claude},
pages = {508--515},
address = {Lisbon, Portugal},
publisher = {Springer Verlag},
abstract = {This paper describes the joint approach of three research groups to
enable a heterogeneous team of robots to exchange belief. The communication
framework presented imposes little restrictions on the design and
implementation of the individual autonomous mobile systems. The three
groups have individually taken part in the {RoboCup} F2000 league
since 1998. Although recent rule changes allow for more robots per
team, the cost of acquiring and maintaining autonomous mobile robots
keeps teams from making use of this opportunity. A solution is to
build mixed teams with robots from different labs. As almost all
robots in this league are custom built research platforms with unique
sensors, actuators, and software architectures, forming a heterogeneous
team presents an exciting challenge.},
url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/utz04sharing.html},
}