A multi-agent based implementation of task coordinate servo for the DD manipulator: ETA3

We have been developing a multi-agent robot control system for an intelligent robot which is an integration of many kinds of functional modules. The control system consists of multiple transputers and workstations. To support flexible and high speed communication between agents on the network, we have developed a router software. Using the router, the system realizes a very flexible robot control system which supports throughout of robot control, from the low level control such as servo control to the high level control such as motion planning. This paper describes the multi-agent robot control system with the router software, estimation of its communication performance and a multi-agent based implementation of task coordinate servo control of a direct drive manipulator: ETA3.