An agenda-based multi-agent architecture

Abstract

This paper presents an architecture for the control of simulated robots for the RoboCup that allows explicit cooperation among them. The structure of the software agents controlling the robots is based on a general porpuse multiagent architecture based on a two level approach. One level is composed of reactive skills capable of archieving simple actions by their own. The other is based on a agenda used as an opportinistic planning mechanism to compound, activate and coordinate the basic skills. This agenda handles actions both from the internals goals of the robot or from other robots. This paper describes the work already accomplished, as well as the issues arising from the implementation of the architecture