Method for operating a robot in a multi-agent system, robot and multi-agent system

摘要

A method for operating a multi-agent system that includes multiple robots, each of the robots cyclically performing the following: starting from an instantaneous system state, ascertaining possible options, the options defining actions by which a transition may be achieved from an instantaneous system state to a subsequent system state; for each of the possible options, ascertaining action costs for performing an action specified by the option; performing an auction, the action costs values ascertained for each option being taken into consideration by each of the other robots; and performing an action, which corresponds to one of the options, as a function of all cost values ascertained or received for the relevant option, the action costs for a particular option each taking an experience parameter into consideration, which is a function of costs for past actions assigned to the particular option previously carried out by the multiple robots.