BESA-ME: Framework for Robotic MultiAgent System Design

David M. Flórez, Guillermo A. Rodríguez, Juan M. Ortiz, Enrique González

2007

Abstract

BESA-ME is a software middleware designed to make easier and to improve the construction of robotic control systems based on multi-agent techniques. BESA is a behavior-oriented, event-driven and social-based general purpose architecture designed to build concurrent applications using the multiagent paradigm. The BESA abstract model incorporates the concept of behavior and the management of asynchronous events, which are very useful in the construction of robotic systems, thus it allows to design robot control architectures in a natural and direct fashion. BESA-ME, micro-edition, is the adapted BESA model that is well suited to be implemented over microcontrollers in embedded systems. Initially, it has been developed for the PIC18F chip family, and then adapted for dsPIC60F chip family, both under the real time operating system FreeRTOS ™.

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in Harvard Style

M. Flórez D., A. Rodríguez G., M. Ortiz J. and González E. (2007). BESA-ME: Framework for Robotic MultiAgent System Design . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Multi-Agent Robotic Systems - Volume 1: MARS, (ICINCO 2007) ISBN 978-972-8865-86-6, pages 64-73. DOI: 10.5220/0001636000640073


in Bibtex Style

@conference{mars07,
author={David M. Flórez and Guillermo A. Rodríguez and Juan M. Ortiz and Enrique González},
title={BESA-ME: Framework for Robotic MultiAgent System Design},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Multi-Agent Robotic Systems - Volume 1: MARS, (ICINCO 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={64-73},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001636000640073},
isbn={978-972-8865-86-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Multi-Agent Robotic Systems - Volume 1: MARS, (ICINCO 2007)
TI - BESA-ME: Framework for Robotic MultiAgent System Design
SN - 978-972-8865-86-6
AU - M. Flórez D.
AU - A. Rodríguez G.
AU - M. Ortiz J.
AU - González E.
PY - 2007
SP - 64
EP - 73
DO - 10.5220/0001636000640073