Multi-robot remote interaction with FS-MAS

Abstract

The need to reduce bandwidth, improve productivity, autonomy and the scalability in multi-robot teleoperation has been recognized for a long time. In this article we propose a novel finite state machine mobile agent based on the network interaction service model, namely FS-MAS. This model consists of three finite state machines, namely the Finite State Mobile Agent (FSAgent), which is the basic service module. The Service Content Finite State Machine (Content-FS), using the XML language to define workflow, to describe service content and service computation process. The Mobile Agent computation model Finite State Machine (MACMFS), used to describe the service implementation. Finally, we apply this service model to the multi-robot system, the initial realization completing complex tasks in the form of multi-robot scheduling. This demonstrates that the robot has greatly improved intelligence, and provides a wide solution space for critical issues such as task division, rational and efficient use of resource and multirobot collaboration. © 2013 Jiang et al.