Title :
An agent-based approach for programming mobile robots
Author_Institution :
Corp. Res. Center, Grumman Corp., Bethpage, NY, USA
Abstract :
Agent-based programming offers a different way of looking at the programming problem. Instead of a sequential organization of functions, procedures, or routines, the user thinks in terms of small software units interacting in parallel. In this paper we present an agent based programming language called SAL (the SmartyCat Agent Language) developed for programming mobile robots. In particular we discuss how SAL is implemented and used for programming a Cybermotion K2A robot, called SmartyCat. A brief description of SmartyCat is given. The features and constructs of SAL are discussed. It is discussed how SAL is used for programming a mobile robot
Keywords :
cooperative systems; high level languages; mobile robots; parallel programming; programming languages; robot programming; Cybermotion K2A robot; SAL; SmartyCat Agent Language; agent-based programming language; mobile robot programming; parallel software units; Actuators; Computer languages; Explosions; Hardware; Intelligent robots; Mobile robots; Programming profession; Robot programming; Robot sensing systems; Turning;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5330-2
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1994.351020
