We have discussed technical issues regarding supervised world perception modeling and task planning of cooperative mobile robots performing tactical tasks in unstructured environment. We have introduced a hierarchy Supervisory Controller for robust cooperative task deployment of heterogeneous semiautonomous robotic vehicles. Primarily, we have described functional and modular architecture of th...

In this paper, we present and discuss a generic scheme for multi-agent cooperation. It integrates mission planning and task reenement as well as cooperative mechanisms adapted from the Contract Net Protocol framework. The use of this paradigm in a hierarchical manner is also analyzed. In addition, the properties of this cooperative scheme are discussed. Finally, this scheme is illustrated throu...

A concept of a cooperative multi-agent architecture is proposed to develop an intelligent process planning system. Traditional process planning is often suffers from limitations such as lack of integration between design and manufacturing operations, limited geometry to which parts can be processed, non-availability of important functional modules like tool and fixture selection, inability to g...

Connecting between standard AI planning constructs and a classical cooperative model of transferable-utility coalition games, we introduce the notion of transferable-utility (TU) planning games. The key representational property of these games is that coalitions are valued implicitly based on their ability to carry out efficient joint plans. On the side of the expressiveness, we show that exist...