The TCM is used to identify what Bluetooth-enabled devices are potential team members and what set of capabilities each device brings to any solution or robot design. The capability matrix answers the following questions:
• Can the robot and parts I have do the job?
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•In order to do the job, what sensors, parts, actuators, and so on are missing?
The capability matrix also generates at least one question:
The answer to this question is where most robot hobbyists/builders start off. No matter which of these three questions you look at, the major use of the capability matrix falls under the category of PLANNING. Any good robot application architecture has a planning component.
Here is an example of a TEAM CAPABILITY MATRIX for the Convoy Team.
TEAM NAME: CONVOY TEAM
PURPOSE: Performs a convoy
# OF MEMBERS: 3
# OF NON-ROBOT MEMBERS: 0
# OF BRICKS: 3
# OF CONTROLLERS: 0
TECHNIQUE: GRIOT ARCHITECTURE
DEVELOPED BY: CTEST LABS
YEAR FIRST PUBLISHER: 1998
SUMMARY:
Rational distributed multi-agent design;
Methods to construct multi-agent systems
that perform group reasoning.
