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Software Papers - Robomine Technology

DCOM and CORBA Side by Side, Step by Step, and Layer by Layer

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          DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) and CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) are two popular distributed object models. In this paper, we make architectural comparison of DCOM and CORBA at three different layers: basic programming architecture, remoting architecture, and the wire protocol architecture. A step-by-step description of remote object activation and method invocation is provided to demonstrate the similarities and differences of the two frameworks. A primary goal is for people who are already familiar with one model to quickly understand the basic architecture of the other. more

An Agent Based Multilevel Architecture for robotics vision systems

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           An approach to the design and implementation of a robotics vision system based on agent inserted in a generic multilevel architectures for mobile robotics is presented, that is based on the Unified Modelling Language. The main goal of the work is to provide a framework to perform a rigorous agent-based design process for cognitive architectures both in the case of a single robot, and in a multi-robot scenario. Details of the methodology, system implementation using FIPA-OS environment, along with real experiments are reported. more

An agent based design process for cognitive architectures in robotics

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           Nowadays, robots have to face very complex tasks, often requiring collaboration between several individuals. As a consequence, robotics can be considered one of the most suitable paradigms for agent-based software. In this work, we present an approach to the design of distributed multi-agent architectures for mobile robotics, that is based on the Unified Modeling Language.
           Our main goal is to provide a framework to perform a rigorous agent-based design process for this kind of systems both in the case of a single robot, and in a multi-robot scenario. Our methodology allows the designer to use system requirements in order to identify agents, and decide if they have to be implemented in a single mobile platform, or they’re spread over many cooperative ones, or even shared by some repository. Details of the methodology, system implementation using FIPA-OS environment, along with real and simulated experiments are reported. more

A Detailed Comparison of CORBA, DCOM and Java/RMI

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           Distributed object computing extends an object-oriented programming system by allowing objects to be distributed across a heterogeneous network, so that each of these distributed object components interoperate as a unified whole. These objects may be distributed on different computers throughout a network, living within their own address space outside of an application, and yet appear as though they were local to an application. more

Multi-agent Based Integration of Scheduling Algorithms

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           Up to date more and more research of scheduling use Multi-agent System (MAS) technique. In this paper MAS is used to realize integration of scheduling algorithms. Firstly, Multi-agent Scheduling System (MASS) is divided into two types: Entity-type MASS and Process-type MASS. Some of the researches are introduced. Secondly, the concept of integration of scheduling algorithms is put forward. Thirdly, the models of agents, computing agent and manager, are proposed. Then a Process-type MASS of multi-agent based integration of scheduling algorithms, which compose above two sorts of agents, is built. Finally, we conclude by describing the significance of our research and highlighting future extensions more

Design and Implementation of the Agent-based EVMs System

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           Since 1990, intelligent agents have been broadly used in complex, dynamic, and open applications such as production planning, robotics, and in searching the Internet. Though theoretical research as well as real implementation of agent technology are common, there is no commonly agreed-upon definition of intelligent agents. From an Artificial Intelligence point of view, an intelligent agent is a hardware or (more usually) software-based computer system that has the following properties: (Wooldridge & Jennings 1995) more

An agent based Human Robot Interaction in a supervised autonomous system.

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           In human supervised autonomously controlled systems the human operator should concentrate attention on tasks, which need high skills and leave to the computer yet complex processes, which can be done autonomously. It is crucial to let the operator have a complete control over his tool by enabling him maximum freedom to make changes in the robot behavior as response to specific environments or events. A model based on a mixture of hybrid and behavior based systems enables human operator intervention at all levels of the control hierarchy. This paper deals about how this human intervention should be applied. more

An Agent-Based Framework for Designing Multi-Controller Systems

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           In this article an agent-based framework is presented for designing and implementing multicontroller systems. These systems are getting a lot of attention within the field of control engineering, as some researchers have argued that they are suitable for solving complex control problems in a practical manner (Johansen and Murray-Smith, 1997). A practical and structured framework for designing and implementing these architectures is still lacking. The agent-based framework presented in this article provides such a framework and can be used to design and implement hierarchical structured multi-controller systems that consist of a set of heterogeneous control algorithms that are combined by heterogeneous techniques. Furthermore, the architecture is open such that controllers can be easily added, removed or changed. Finally, a case study is given to illustrate the framework. more

Agent-Based Systems for Intelligent Manufacturing: A state-of-the-art Survey

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           Agent technology has been considered as an important approach for developing distributed intelligent manufacturing systems. A number of researchers have attempted to apply agent technology to manufacturing enterprise integration, supply chain management, manufacturing planning, scheduling and control, materials handling, and holonic manufacturing systems. This paper gives a brief survey of some related projects in this area, and discusses some key issues in developing agent-based manufacturing systems such as agent technology for enterprise integration and supply chain management, agent encapsulation, system architectures, dynamic system reconfiguration, learning, design and manufacturability assessments, distributed dynamic scheduling, integration of planning and scheduling, concurrent scheduling and execution, factory control structures, potential tools and standards for developing agent-based manufacturing systems. An extensive annotated bibliography is provided. more