Multi-agent push behaviors for large sets of passive objects

Samuel Rodriguez; Marco Morales; Nancy M. Amato

IROS 2016poster12 citations

Multi-agent push behaviors for large sets of passive objects

Samuel Rodriguez, Marco Morales, Nancy M. Amato

Abstract

We present a reactive multi-agent push system for a large set of objects. The behavior for the pushing agents consists of: 1) selecting and updating an object set to push, 2) reaching positions near the objects to start influencing, 3) pushing the objects along a path to the goal region, and 4) regrouping when needed to ensure the group is packed tightly enough. The emergent properties of the behavior allow us to test how effectively a group of agents can push a set of objects through the environment with different strategies.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{iros2016_multiagentpushbe,
  title = {Multi-agent push behaviors for large sets of passive objects},
  author = {Samuel Rodriguez and Marco Morales and Nancy M. Amato},
  booktitle = {IROS 2016},
  year = {2016}
}