Title :
A Multitasking System for Robotics
Author :
Quammen, D.J. ; Kountouris, V.G. ; Stephanou, H.E. ; Tabak, D.
Author_Institution :
School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe two aspects of a research project in robotics. We propose a high-level task-oriented robot programming language which allows for a dynamically adjustable plan of action to be expressed for the accomplishment of the robot´s goal. However, because of the high run-time dynamics created by this language´s implementation, a multi-tasking architecture was created in conjunction with the language. The utility of the proposed architecture for the run-time support of intelligent robot control is also presented in this paper.
Keywords :
Communication system control; Control systems; Intelligent control; Intelligent robots; Multitasking; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Runtime; Servomechanisms;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 1989
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
