310CT Intelligent Agents – Assignment 2 (Presentation) Requirements This is a presentation project. Each student should conduct some researches on the latest agent technologies. Based on the results, you should suggest an architecture and high-level design to model the following case. You are required to 1) Study carefully the case study below. 2) Investigate relevant agent technologies 3) Provide a high-level design of the system which will support the functions of the robots. Case: Useful stuff collecting and Vacuuming Two kinds of robots are designed to clean up a room once a day (Figure 1). Robotic stuff collectors (C1 and C2) are used to collect any useful stuff on the floor and Robotic vacuum cleaners (V1 and V2) are used to remove rubbish by vacuuming. Figure 1 The room is surrounded by four walls. There are two inner walls as well ((6,1) to (6,7) and (6,13) to (6,18) in Figure 1). It is full of useful stuff (shown as S in Figure 1) and rubbish (shown as R in Figure 1). The floor is arranged in grid slots. Both useful stuff collecting and vacuuming operations are processed grid slot by grid slot. The robotic vacuum cleaners can clean the floor only if there is no useful stuff. For example, V1 can vacuum the grid slot (1, 5) at the beginning, but it cannot vacuum the grid slot (5, 2) until the useful stuff in the grid slot has been collected. Also, no two robots can be located at the same grid slot at the same time. The room is considered to be clean when there is no useful stuff and rubbish on the floor. There are four power-and-information units (PIU) located at (7,1), (16, 1), (7, 18) and (1, 18). They are identical and used to provide power and information to the robots: - The robots are rechargeable machines and they will be recharged whenever they are on any PIU. - There are several cameras mounted on the walls and the cameras are connected to the PIUs such that the state of the room can be monitored. So, the robots can monitor the situation of all the grid slots when they are on any PIU. For example, when a robot is on a PIU, it can recognise that there is some useful stuff or rubbish on the grid slots (3,4), (11,2) etc. However, PIU cannot distinguish whether it is useful stuff or rubbish. Also, once the robot leaves the PIU, it cannot get any further updated information from the PIUs. The robots can detect and distinguish whether there is any useful stuff or rubbish or nothing on the grid slot where they are located and on the grid slots just next to the grid slot where they are located. On the other hand, the robots record all the actions they have done and the results (e.g., checking useful stuff, checking rubbish, useful stuff collecting (robotic stuff collectors), rubbish removal (robotic vacuum cleaners)) after they leave the PIU. They will share the information with the PIUs after they reach any PIU. The robots can communicate with one another when the distance between two robots is less than 2 grid slots. Also, they should be able to resolve conflicts if any. The robots also should go back to any PIU after the room is cleaned. No two robots can be located at the same grid slot or PIU simultaneously. Presentation and Marking Criteria In the presentation, the following information should be included. 1. System requirement 2. What agent technologies are suggested (e.g. platform, languages, libraries) 3. What functions and features should be used and how to use them in order to meet the requirements. 4. High-level design suggestions. (E.g. knowledge representation, functionality, communication prototype between robots.) The followings are the key criteria for assessing your presentation. 1. Presentation + Questions handling (15% + 10%) a. Structure of presentation b. The logic flow of presentation c. Visual aids d. Delivery e. Ability to answer the questions with confidence 2. Summary of the technologies (25%) a. Functions and features of the technologies b. Accuracy c. Understanding of the technologies 3. Application of the technologies (35%) a. System requirement b. Appropriateness of the suggested high level design c. Completeness and correctness of the suggested design d. Appropriateness of the suggested functions, features and libraries e. Innovation 4. Individual Contribution (15%) a. Individual contribution according to the job allocation (see below) Individual Contribution (Optional) Job allocation report: A report less than 500 words to describe the role and the contribution of each student. If no job allocation report is submitted, it is assumed the works are shared equally. Submission and Presentation Date - Submission: 9 Apr 2017 (23:55) - Presentation Date: 10 Apr 2017 - The presentation materials and its Turnitin report, and the job allocation report (optional) should be uploaded onto Moodle before the date of presentation.  Scale Point Presentation Summary of the technologies Application of the technologies Questions Handling 7+ - The presentation is entirely appropriately structured with good visual aid. - Fluent and clear presentation - Describe the technologies concisely and accurately. - Interpret the concept precisely and demonstrate good understanding. - Very clear and appropriate requirements were defined. - Appropriate components are suggested and proper job allocations between components are demonstrated precisely. - Efficiency and other qualities are guaranteed by the architecture. - The high level design is completed and correct, it is described precisely. - Questions are answered correctly with supporting materials or examples. - Appropriate elaborations 4+ - The presentation is structured fairly with good visual aid. - Acceptable fluent and clear presentation - Acceptable concise and accurate summary. - Cover majority of the key features of the technologies. - Interpret majority of the work correctly. - Marginal requirement analysis. - Components and job allocations between components are demonstrated, but some mistakes are shown. - The efficiency and other qualities may not be achievable by the architecture. - Marginal high level design is included or many mistakes are shown. - Some of the requirements are not handled. - Half of questions are answered correctly .