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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Mathias Buerger, Stuttgart, DE;
Philipp Christian Schillinger, Renningen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a multi-agent system having a plurality of robots. Each of the robots execute the following method cyclically until a target system state is achieved: starting from an instantaneous system state, determining possible options where progress is made along a path of system states in a predefined, deterministic finite automaton; the options defining actions through which a transition from a current to a subsequent system state can be achieved; determining a cost value for each of the possible options to carry out an action specified by the option; performing an auction, the cost values ascertained for each option being considered by each of the remaining robots; and executing an action, which corresponds to one of the options, as a function of all of the cost values which are determined or received for the respective option.