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This paper addresses the specific problem of intelligent agents crossing an unsignalised, two lane, four-road intersection without collision. The developed event driven decision-making algorithm proved to be a workable solution in conjunction with the passive beacons used. While the developed solution is not directly scalable into a vehicle capable of transporting human passengers, it does show that technology and ability to create such agents is currently achievable. The solution enabled the agents to pass each other at a range which is just greater than their maximum detecting range. Future work involves the use of more than two autonomous agents and experiments with various configurations of road intersections.
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Engwirda, A., Vlacic, L., Kajitani, M., Hitchings, M. (1998). Cooperation Among Autonomous Robots: Unsignalised Road Intersection Problem. In: Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72198-4_15
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