Robots, Agenten en Interactie (RAI)
The Robots, Agents, and Interaction Group (RAI) focuses on the design, analysis and application of systems composed of computational agents – that is, software entities or robots – which pursue goals autonomously and interactively in complex (e.g., uncertain, open, dynamic, hardly predictable) environments. The goals pursued by the agents can be compatible or conflictive, and interaction among the agents can be cooperative or competitive. Due to the increasing interoperability and interconnectivity among computing platforms, computers, smart objects and devices equipped with computing abilities, this type of systems has a broad range of potential applications in domains such as logistics, telecommunications, manufacturing, robotics, e-business.
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RAI focuses on the following main research themes:
- learning, swarm intelligence and game theory in multiagent systems
- negotiation, argumentation and communication in multiagent systems
- robust coordination in multi-agent systems
- interoperability of information and services
These themes have been explored by RAI in application areas such as electronic auctions, robot soccer, sensor networks, routing in telecom networks, and swarm robotics.
RAI launched Swarmlab in October 2010
