It´s time to make mobile robots programmable

Author

Kanayama, Yutaka J. ; Wu, C. Thomas

Author_Institution

MotionLab Inc., Monterey, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

329

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance and realizability of the “high-level programmability” concept for wheeled mobile robots. A new high-level mobile robot language, called motion description language (MDL), is proposed. This language has a strong and stable theoretical foundation. The Java-based object-oriented MDL implements the structured robot geometry into its class hierarchy perfectly. The language MDL is not only “a” mobile robot language, but is a strong candidate for “the standard” mobile robot language. This innovation will thrust the mobile robotics field forward to meet the challenges of the new century head on

Keywords

mobile robots; motion control; object-oriented languages; programmed control; robot programming; Java; high-level language; mobile robots; motion control; motion description language; object-oriented language; programmed control; robot geometry; Computational geometry; Control theory; Hardware; Java; Manipulators; Mathematical model; Mobile computing; Mobile robots; Standards development; Standards organizations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 2000. Proceedings. ICRA '00. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5886-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844078

Filename

844078