A Case Study in the Behavior-Oriented Design of Autonomous Agents

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See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate . net / publication / 229026899 A - oriented autonomous Article CITATIONS 107 READS 81 1 : Some : NoiseTube noisetube Luc Institute 205 , 832 SEE All . The . Abstract The paper documents a case study in the de - sign and implementation of a robotic multi - agent system . It illustrates known design guidelines , namely that the physics of the environment must be exploited , that behavior is the result from the interaction dynamics between the agent and the environment , and that emergent behavior can and must be utilised whenever possible . But the case study also challenges certain views , such as the subsumption architecture , the need for an ac - tion selection mechanism , the goal - oriented design methodology dominating the literature on plan - ning , and the algorithmic style of writing control programs . Alternatives are explored in the form of a cooperative , parallel , behavior - oriented de - sign .