Reactive Agents: Luc Steels/R. Brooks

The simulation scenario and agent behaviour rules were adapted from Steels, L. (1991). "Cooperation between distributed agents through self-organisation".

The agents are based on subsumption architecture (cf. Brooks, R.1986. "A robust layered control system for a mobile robot".)

This is a simulation of agents doing "rock gathering on mars". The agents have to find and collect rocks in a bounded environment and carry them to the mother-ship. The environment consists in collectable rocks (samples) and immovable obstacles. Each agent can only carry one rock at the time. Samples are clustered in certain spots. The agents do not know the location of obstacles and samples in advance.

The simulation was implemented based on the Breve simulation environment. by Marco Klingmann

This is one of my MSc projects, it's currently showcased on the Goldsmiths University of London website:

http://www.gold.ac.uk/computing/showcaseofwork/rocksonmars-marcoklingmannmscc...

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Science & Technology

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• agents
• robots
• self-organisation
• self-organization
• emergent
• behaviour
• behavior
• simulation
• breve