Invitation

The workshop aims to bring together researchers active in the field of agent-oriented robotics, agent-based manufacturing and agent-based coalition formation with key engineers and industrial decision makers to share their views and experience in design, development and applying agent-oriented industrial and defense oriented systems. The results of several EU projects in the field of agent-oriented robotics and multi-agent systems will be presented. The conference also provides opportunity to discuss wider issues of applications of agents in the field of homeland security, virtual enterprises, e-business etc. There is a chance to bring together people active in several NIST, DARPA, ONR and EU projects.