Title :
A rule-based visual language for small mobile robots
Author :
Pfeiffer, Joseph J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA
Abstract :
Altaira is a visual language intended for the control of small mobile robots. It is a rule-based language, combining information from sensors, navigation and the current robot state to determine actions to be taken by the robot and changes required in the state. The language, implemented in the Spring of 1997, is proving to be a powerful and flexible language for robot control, and has also been useful for providing an introduction to programming for children
Keywords :
computer science education; control engineering education; logic programming languages; mobile robots; robot programming; visual languages; Altaira; children; introductory programming instruction; navigation; robot control; rule-based visual language; sensors; small mobile robots; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Mobile robots; Navigation; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly; Sensor systems; Service robots; Tiles;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1997. Proceedings. 1997 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Isle of Capri
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8144-6
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1997.626575
