Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

This paper describes a distributed transputer architecture used for real-time sensing and control of an intelligent mobile robot. This architecture takes the form of a network of sensing and control nodes, based on Locally Intelligent Control Agents(LICAs). Each LICA has its own processing facility, which together do not require any common buses or any central communication facility. Computation is performed locally and communication occurs between any two LICAs using high speed, point to point communication links. They run independently to achieve specific subtasks, and also operate in parallel to interact intelligently with a real world. Using this architecture, our mobile robot can navigate in our AGV Lab, plan an optimal path to reach the goal, and avoid unexpected obstacles in real time.

Type

Conference paper

Publication Date

01/12/1994

Volume

2

Pages

1049 - 1054