Smart Objects for Attentive Agents

Mobile Agents-Based Smart Objects for the Internet of Things

We propose mobile agents for enabling interoperability and global intelligence with smart objects in the Internet of Things, with heterogeneous lowpower resource-constrained devices where the systems span over disparate networks and protocols. As the Internet of Things systems are in continuous transition, requiring software adaptation and system evolution, an adaptable composition is presented...

Planning with Smart Objects

This paper presents a novel method of employing "smart objects" for problem solving in virtual environments. Smart objects were primarily used for behavioral animation in the past. The paper demonstrates how to use them for AI and planning purposes as well. We formally define which operations can be performed on a smart object in terms of their requirements and their effects. A planner uses thi...

Attentive Presentation Agents

The paper describes an infotainment application where lifelike characters present two MP3 players in a virtual showroom. The key feature of the system is that the presenter agents analyze the user’s gaze-behavior in real-time and may thus adapt the presentation flow accordingly. In particular, a user’s (non-)interest in interface objects and also preference in decision situations is estimated a...

Programming Behaviors with Local Perception and Smart Objects: An Approach to Solve Autonomous Agents Tasks

Home-Explorer: Ontology-based physical artifact search and hidden object detection system

A new system named Home-Explorer that searches and finds physical artifacts in a smart indoor environment is proposed. The view on which it is based is artifact-centered and uses sensors attached to the everyday artifacts (called smart objects) in the real world. This paper makes two main contributions: First, it addresses, the robustness of the embedded sensors, which is seldom discussed in pr...