AMADEUS: a mobile, autonomous decentralized utility system for indoor transportation
Toru Kamada, Kazumi OIKAWA · 2002
The authors have developed a mobile, autonomous decentralized utility system for indoor transportation, called AMADEUS. This paper explains how we put it to practical use. AMADEUS is a system designed around transportation agents. We eliminated centrally managed vehicle allocation and routing plans by implementing autonomous vehicle allocation negotiations and collision avoidance between agents. The transportation agent's collision avoidance function enables the bi-directional movement of vehicles on a single-track thereby making efficient, space-saving transportation possible. This paper introduces the concept of AMADEUS and describes the transportation agent architecture by focusing on installing the collision avoidance function.