BEER, Martin, ALBOUL, Lyuba, NORLING, Emma and WALLIS, Peter (2012). Using Agents in Virtual Environments to Assist Controllers to Manage Multiple Assets. In: Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments, AAMAS 2012, Valencia, Spain, 4th June 2012.
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Abstract
Search and rescue operations often require complex coordination of a range of resources, including human and robotic resources. This paper discusses a proposed new framework that allows agent technology to be used in conjunction with a virtual environment to provide a human controller with an effective visualisation of the distribution of a collection of autonomous objects, in our case, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) so that they can be managed in a way that allows them to successfully complete the task in the minimum possible time. It is our contention that to do this effectively there needs to be two-way initiation of verbal conversations, but that it is not necessary for the system to completely understand the conversations required. An example scenario is presented that illustrates how such a system would be used in practice, illustrating how a single human can verbally communicate with a swarm of semi-autonomous actors verbally and envisage their activities in a swarm based on the visual cues provided within the virtual environment. An agent-based solution is proposed that meets the requirements and provides an effective command station that can manage a search using a collection of UAVs effectively.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre |
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Computing |
Depositing User: | Martin Beer |
Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2012 11:19 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 13:35 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5661 |
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