Fritz Heckel

Scientific:

Accomplishments:

• Designed configurable agent architecture based on subsumption
• Perceptual framework including “behavior parameters” which modify subsumption behaviors
• Conjunctions/Disjunctions of subsumption triggers
• Influence points to provide more efficient environment information than influence maps

Challenges:

• Further integration of agent properties / behavior parameters
• Consideration of cognitive theory in certain portions of BEHAVE
• High-level planning

Engineering:

Accomplishments:

• Built python prototype of BEHAVE
• Tested BEHAVE with BehaviorShop and FI3RST

Problems:

• Currently engineering the 1.0 version of BEHAVE. I am building skeletons of the important objects to flush out any issues that I haven’t anticipated in building the basic design.
• Apart from the communication and ssps portions, I believe the most effective way to split the work will ultimately be with the triggers and behaviors.