Robots ask each other for help

Research and development of robots is making progress by leaps, and industrial robots, for example, more and more advanced. But still many problems to be resolved - for example to make robots more independent of human beings. Instead of sending a message to a human operator would a robot be able to ask for help from other robots. And it is precisely such robots developed at Örebro University.

My research is an important step in getting robots to be aware of each other and themselves to think about how they can help each other, "said Robert Lundh at Örebro University.

Lundh thesis is that robots should not give up if they encounter a problem, but to get help from other robots, for example, if the need help to determine where exactly it is in relation to other objects.

Robert Lundh robot count yourself out how to solve a task that it has received, by checking on what other robots that are nearby and what help it can get of their peers.

Robots are becoming increasingly common in our daily lives and therefore, says Lundh, it is important that the robots can cooperate with each other.

RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII

This book constitutes the eight official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achivements presented at the RoboCup 2004 Symposium, held in Lisbon, Portugal in June / July 2004 in conjunction with the RoboCup Competition.

The 36 revised full papers and 26 revised short papers presented together with 2 award winning papers and an introductory overview went through two rounds of reviewing and post-symposium improvements and were selected from 118 paper submissions. The book is a valuable source of reference and inspiration for R & D professionals active or interested in robotics, distributed artificial intelligence, and it is mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community.