Title :
Coal extraction using RCS
Author :
Horst, John Albert ; Barbera, Anthony J.
Author_Institution :
Robot Syst. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
The application of the real time control system (RCS) reference model to a simulated underground coal mining machine is described. RCS is characterized by explicit software modules that perform task decomposition, sensory processing, and world modeling functions at different hierarchical levels. A detailed and sharply defined approach to RCS design characterized by task-oriented problem analysis, generic software `objects´, rule-based control (using finite state machines), cyclic execution of manually scheduled processes, and generic communications interfaces
Keywords :
coal; computerised control; knowledge based systems; mining; real-time systems; coal extraction; cyclic execution; explicit software modules; finite state machines; generic communications interfaces; manually scheduled processes; real time control system; rule-based control; sensory processing; simulated underground coal mining machine; task decomposition; task-oriented problem analysis; world modeling; Application software; Bills of materials; Communication system control; Control system synthesis; Control systems; NIST; Real time systems; Robots; Software performance; US Department of Commerce;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1206-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISIC.1993.397712
