Towards Agents’ Embodiment in Hypermedia Multi-Agent Systems

Matteo Castellucci; Samuele Burattini; Andrei Ciortea; Jérémy Lemée; Danai Vachtsevanou; Alessandro Ricci; Simon Mayer

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-93930-3_21

Towards Agents’ Embodiment in Hypermedia Multi-Agent Systems

Matteo Castellucci, Samuele Burattini, Andrei Ciortea, Jérémy Lemée, Danai Vachtsevanou, Alessandro Ricci, Simon Mayer

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Situatedness and embodiment are central features of autonomous agents, initially inspired by agents operating in physical environments. In this paper, we discuss the benefits of situated and embodied agents in digital environments. More specifically, we study the embodiment of agents in Web-based Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). Such MAS are inherently open and distributed, as they inherit these properties from the Web, and increasingly dynamic, as they can easily extend to physical environments through the Web of Things. We propose a conceptualization of agent bodies in such Web environments and discuss their properties. We illustrate our approach through a demonstration scenario implemented using the Yggdrasil framework for Hypermedia MAS, a subset of Web-based MAS that follows a hypermedia-based design rationale.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Multi-Agent Systems
Subtitle of host publication	21st European Conference, EUMAS 2024, Dublin, Ireland, August 26–28, 2024, Proceedings
Editors	Rem Collier, Alessandro Ricci, Vivek Nallur, Samuele Burattini, Andrea Omicini
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	361-381
Number of pages	21
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031939303
ISBN (Print)	9783031939297
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93930-3_21
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2025
Externally published	Yes
Event	21st European Conference on Multi Agent Systems - University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Duration: 26 Aug 2024 → 28 Aug 2024 https://euramas.github.io/eumas2024/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Cham
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	21st European Conference on Multi Agent Systems
Abbreviated title	EUMAS 2024
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	26/08/24 → 28/08/24
Internet address	https://euramas.github.io/eumas2024/

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Castellucci, M., Burattini, S., Ciortea, A., Lemée, J., Vachtsevanou, D., Ricci, A., & Mayer, S. (2025). Towards Agents’ Embodiment in Hypermedia Multi-Agent Systems. In R. Collier, A. Ricci, V. Nallur, S. Burattini, & A. Omicini (Eds.), Multi-Agent Systems: 21st European Conference, EUMAS 2024, Dublin, Ireland, August 26–28, 2024, Proceedings (1st ed., pp. 361-381). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93930-3_21

Castellucci, Matteo ; Burattini, Samuele ; Ciortea, Andrei et al. / Towards Agents’ Embodiment in Hypermedia Multi-Agent Systems. Multi-Agent Systems: 21st European Conference, EUMAS 2024, Dublin, Ireland, August 26–28, 2024, Proceedings. editor / Rem Collier ; Alessandro Ricci ; Vivek Nallur ; Samuele Burattini ; Andrea Omicini. 1st. ed. Springer, Cham, 2025. pp. 361-381 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Castellucci, M, Burattini, S, Ciortea, A, Lemée, J, Vachtsevanou, D, Ricci, A & Mayer, S 2025, Towards Agents’ Embodiment in Hypermedia Multi-Agent Systems. in R Collier, A Ricci, V Nallur, S Burattini & A Omicini (eds), Multi-Agent Systems: 21st European Conference, EUMAS 2024, Dublin, Ireland, August 26–28, 2024, Proceedings. 1st edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Cham, pp. 361-381, 21st European Conference on Multi Agent Systems, Dublin, Ireland, 26/08/24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93930-3_21

Towards Agents’ Embodiment in Hypermedia Multi-Agent Systems. / Castellucci, Matteo; Burattini, Samuele; Ciortea, Andrei et al.
Multi-Agent Systems: 21st European Conference, EUMAS 2024, Dublin, Ireland, August 26–28, 2024, Proceedings. ed. / Rem Collier; Alessandro Ricci; Vivek Nallur; Samuele Burattini; Andrea Omicini. 1st. ed. Springer, Cham, 2025. p. 361-381 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Castellucci M, Burattini S, Ciortea A, Lemée J, Vachtsevanou D, Ricci A et al. Towards Agents’ Embodiment in Hypermedia Multi-Agent Systems. In Collier R, Ricci A, Nallur V, Burattini S, Omicini A, editors, Multi-Agent Systems: 21st European Conference, EUMAS 2024, Dublin, Ireland, August 26–28, 2024, Proceedings. 1st ed. Springer, Cham. 2025. p. 361-381. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Epub 2025 Jun 19. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-93930-3_21

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