Abstract
- Controlling robots using a multi-agent system is becoming an active research area which includes a lot of challenges regarding localization, management, coordination, task allocation, etc. It is a very important for a human to overview such a system visually - to monitor a robot status, performance and other characteristics. At the same time some concepts relate to all such systems - robots act in certain environment, where there are different kinds of obstacles and objects. In order to fasten initiation of such visualization tools, a new framework is proposed - “Mapclipse” which is based on the popular Eclipse framework. The purpose of the framework is to create a common domain model, API for its management (like reflecting object movements, environment modifications, etc.), a basis for common visualization tasks and provide a means to customize the figures of specific types of objects. This paper describes the concept of the system in detail, the current prototype of framework, some of its extensions, as well as highlights the main challenges in the future.
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONHis research proves a wide use of robotics in different application areas, and graphical user interfaces are very important for such system usability, because it is crucial to overview the state of system, issue commands, measure performance, etc
Goodwin in [1] has explored a lot of robotic systems
His research proves a wide use of robotics in different application areas, and graphical user interfaces are very important for such system usability, because it is crucial to overview the state of system, issue commands, measure performance, etc
Summary
His research proves a wide use of robotics in different application areas, and graphical user interfaces are very important for such system usability, because it is crucial to overview the state of system, issue commands, measure performance, etc. It is selfevident that graphical user interfaces in the same application area share common features like layout overview, element status information, path tracking, etc. One map visualization framework offering some common features is provided by JADEX [2] intelligent agent development platform. It uses XML in order to define maps, figures, environment properties and other descriptive information Since it is tightly coupled with the agent platform, it is not usable if there is another map data source like database or different agent development framework. The main strengths and weaknesses of framework are outlined
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