A Technique for Coordinating Autonomous Robots

Abstract

This paper describes a technique for coordinating the subsystems of autonomous robots which takes advantage of a distributed blackboard mechanism and a high degree of functional distribution between subsystems to minimize communications and simplify the interfaces. Distributed blackboard memory contains a world model which represents knowledge about itself and its surroundings as collections of objects important to the task and the relations between them. Objects or instances are represented as lists of object-attribute- value-accuracy-confidence-timestamp tuples which are organized into a class tree with inheritance properties and active functions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 1986
Accession Number
ADA422576

Entities

People

  • D. W. Gage
  • S. Y. Harmon
  • W. A. Aviles

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bandwidth
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Distributed Computing
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Information Processing
  • Local Area Networks
  • Multiprocessors
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Processing Equipment
  • Standards
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - Information Retrieval
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Autonomy