Abstract
The “Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition” (ARIAC) is an international robotic competition carried out in a
simulated factory floor using ROS 2 (Robot Operating System)/Gazebo.
Competitors control one gantry robot, four AGVs, and many other elements/devices, overcoming a range of agility challenges in this simulated
environment, and are provided with a scoring system to evaluate their
performance during the tasks. This paper describes one of the agility
challenges in ARIAC 2023, which pertains to a simulated human operator on the factory floor. In undertaking manufacturing tasks, competitors
must avoid close proximity between the gantry robot and the human not
to get penalized. The human operator is implemented as a Belief-Desire Intention (BDI) agent in Jason. It is provided with a range of different
potential types of behaviour in what concerns with how such human reacts when in proximity to the gantry robot. Three different personalities
are presented, ranging from a minimally intrusive up to a very intrusive one. A preliminary analysis was conducted to evaluate the impact
of using the developed Jason agent in the ARIAC 2023 competition
simulated factory floor using ROS 2 (Robot Operating System)/Gazebo.
Competitors control one gantry robot, four AGVs, and many other elements/devices, overcoming a range of agility challenges in this simulated
environment, and are provided with a scoring system to evaluate their
performance during the tasks. This paper describes one of the agility
challenges in ARIAC 2023, which pertains to a simulated human operator on the factory floor. In undertaking manufacturing tasks, competitors
must avoid close proximity between the gantry robot and the human not
to get penalized. The human operator is implemented as a Belief-Desire Intention (BDI) agent in Jason. It is provided with a range of different
potential types of behaviour in what concerns with how such human reacts when in proximity to the gantry robot. Three different personalities
are presented, ranging from a minimally intrusive up to a very intrusive one. A preliminary analysis was conducted to evaluate the impact
of using the developed Jason agent in the ARIAC 2023 competition
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Multi-Agent Systems |
| Subtitle of host publication | 20th European Conference, EUMAS 2023, Proceedings |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 214-227 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-031-43264-4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-031-43263-7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Sept 2023 |
| Event | 20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems: 20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems - University of Naples, Naples, Italy Duration: 14 Sept 2023 → 15 Sept 2023 https://vadimmalvone.github.io/eumas2023/ |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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| Publisher | Springer |
| Volume | 14282 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems |
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| Abbreviated title | EUMAS |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Naples |
| Period | 14/09/23 → 15/09/23 |
| Other | 20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems, EUMAS 2023, Naples, Italy, September 14–15, 2023 |
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Keywords
- Robots in human environments
- BDI agents
- Jason/ROS