How to Communicate with Zillions of Robots

Abstract

This paper discusses some communications issues relevant to a system consisting of an arbitrarily large number of simple autonomous robots, from several different perspectives: in the language of traditional communications systems analysis, by analogy with biological systems, and as a problem of intelligent control and data fusion. Emphasis is placed on support for the system development process: providing the developer with the ability to efficiently download software revisions and to determine the actual internal behavioral states of system elements while in operation. Also treated are the need to support coordination (or at least cooperation) between elements during system operation, and the process by which an external user can input commands to the system and to receive back from the system such information as system status, environmental characterization, and indications of mission progress. An approach to implementation of a low-cost testbed environment is also presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA279687

Entities

People

  • Douglas W. Gage

Organizations

  • Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Climate Change
  • Communications Techniques
  • Complex Systems
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Language
  • Local Area Networks
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Ocean Surveillance
  • Security
  • Self Organizing Systems
  • Simulations
  • Systems Biology
  • Systems Engineering
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Computer Science.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

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