An Approach to Automatic Robot Programming,

Abstract

This paper proposes a computer architecture for a new task-level system, which is called TWAIN. Task-level programming attempts to simplify the robot programming process by requiring that the user specify only goals for the physical relationships among objects, rather than the motions needed to achieve those goals. A task-level specification is meant to be completely robot independent; no positions or paths that depend on the robot geometry or kinematics are specified by the user. There are two goals for this paper. The first is to present a more unified treatment of some individual pieces of research in task planning, whose relationship has not previously been described. The second is to provide a new framework for further research in task-planning. Additional keywords: Programming languages. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159296

Entities

People

  • R. A. Brooks
  • T. Lozano-perez

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automatic Programming
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Motion Planning
  • Programming Languages
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control