Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Bijayendrayodhin, Anak
Author's Email Address	anak.bijay@vanderbilt.edu
URN	etd-0329102-160955
Title	DESIGN OF THE PEER AGENT FOR MULTI-ROBOT COMMUNICATION IN AN AGENT-BASED ROBOT CONTROL ARCHITECTURE
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Electrical Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title K. Kawamura, Ph.D. Committee Chair D. Mitch Wilkes, Ph. D. Committee Member
Keywords	robotics robot multi-robot agent-based
Date of Defense	2002-03-11
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The role of communication among mobile robots remains one of the most important issues in multi-agent robotics system design. There are many research groups currently working on communication and cooperation among robots. Cooperation requires communication whenever one’s actions depend critically on the knowledge that is accessible only from others. In the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Vanderbilt University, we are currently developing a method for robots to communicate and share knowledge with each other. We have developed the concept of the Peer Agent that will enable robots to exchange information between one another. The research experiment, described in this thesis, involved two mobile robots; Skeeter, a Pioneer 2-AT robot and Scooter, an ATRV-Jr robot. We will show that knowledge sharing through Peer Agents can lead to a more stable, robust and efficient cooperation between robots.
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