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Reconfigurable Agent Architecture for Robots Utilising Cloud Computing

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The paper presents the general architecture of the control system of a companion robot. As companion robots have to perform diverse and complex tasks, while computational capabilities of the local robot control computer are limited, the control system is split between the robot and the cloud. Moreover, the system is composed of agents, that are arranged into an application on demand of the user. Some of those agents are created on the robot and some in the cloud. As the requirements change the composition of the system changes too.

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    Marcin Szlenk, Cezary Zieliński, Maksym Figat & Tomasz Kornuta

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Szlenk, M., Zieliński, C., Figat, M., Kornuta, T. (2015). Reconfigurable Agent Architecture for Robots Utilising Cloud Computing. In: Szewczyk, R., Zieliński, C., Kaliczyńska, M. (eds) Progress in Automation, Robotics and Measuring Techniques. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 351. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15847-1_25

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