Title :
A distributed autonomous system architecture: applications to mobile robotics
Author :
Müller, Jean-Pierre
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´´Inf. et Intelligence Artificielle, Neuchatel Univ., Switzerland
Abstract :
The author defines autonomy as the capability of a system to use at any time the actual circumstances to serve its purpose. This definition requires the capability both to react to the actual circumstances and to control these reactions in order to fulfil the goals. The reactiveness is achieved by a set of behaviors. The directedness is achieved by a cognitive layer structuring and exploiting the system history. A distributed architecture of such an autonomous system is presented and discussed
Keywords :
blackboard architecture; mobile robots; robot vision; behaviors; cognitive layer; directedness; distributed autonomous system architecture; mobile robotics; reactiveness; Artificial intelligence; Biological systems; Concrete; Control systems; History; Intelligent robots; Mobile robots; Monitoring; Sonar navigation; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1993. 'Systems Engineering in the Service of Humans', Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Le Touquet
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0911-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1993.385084
