Abstract: Agent concepts are natural to describe intelligent and adaptive systems in a distributed and collaborative scenario. In this paper we outline the different aspects we have considered in order to build a tool for supporting developers to handle the complexity they are faced to when designing smart environments. Such tool uses agent-based technologies, and therefore this paper presents the use of micro agents in a general-purpose framework for ambient intelligence. The framework provides all the information about people, places, and things (any objects) with computational functionalities to assist and annotate them. Using a Zigbee wireless network to provide real time people tracking and environmental sensing information to the Home Sapiens –the smart home framework– the micro agents can offer location-aware and personalized services. The framework enables users to develop rules directly accessing its services from an application program interface and to analyze its reliability in a real home automation application.
Keywords: Smart homes, micro agents, zigbee, wireless sensor networks, home automation, domotics, control systems, home sapiens
