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This paper presents a novel approach to the problem of managing mobile robots. It is presupposing the existence of the virtual space in which the calculations are made and the real space containing registered mobile robots. Developed and implemented system combines the best features of agent systems and mobile robot management systems based on a central server. Required system computations were distributed on a separate pieces of software responsible for controlling, called controllers, and monitoring, called monitors. A central communication system that allows to log the state of the system and authorization of connections was used. The solution has been tested using real mobile robots and preceded by an analysis of existing solutions.
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Jędrasiak, K., Nawrat, A., Wydmańska, K. (2013). SETh-Link the Distributed Management System for Unmanned Mobile Vehicles. In: Nawrat, A., Simek, K., Świerniak, A. (eds) Advanced Technologies for Intelligent Systems of National Border Security. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 440. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31665-4_20
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