ControlShell: A Real-Time Software Framework

Abstract

We are creating a new paradigm for building and maintaining complex real-time software systems for the control of moving mechanical systems. This objective is being met through the simultaneous development of both a powerful software environment and cogent motion planning and control capabilities. Our research concentrates on three key areas: (1) Building an innovative, powerful real-time software framework; (2) Implementing new distributed control architectures for intelligent mechanical systems; and (3) Developing distribution architectures and new algorithms for the computationally hard motion planning and direction problem. Perhaps more importantly, we are working on the vertical integration of these technologies into a powerful, working system. It is only through this coordinated, cooperative approach that a truly revolutionary, usable architecture can result.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA277663

Entities

People

  • J. C. Latombe
  • R. H. Cannon Jr.
  • S. A. Schneider

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Climate Change
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Motion Planning
  • Robot Navigation
  • Robots
  • Software Development
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design