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Reducing software mass through behavior controlAttention is given to the tradeoff between communication and computation as regards a planetary rover (both these subsystems are very power-intensive, and both can be the major driver of the rover's power subsystem, and therefore the minimum mass and size of the rover). Software techniques that can be used to reduce the requirements on both communciation and computation, allowing the overall robot mass to be greatly reduced, are discussed. Novel approaches to autonomous control, called behavior control, employ an entirely different approach, and for many tasks will yield a similar or superior level of autonomy to traditional control techniques, while greatly reducing the computational demand. Traditional systems have several expensive processes that operate serially, while behavior techniques employ robot capabilities that run in parallel. Traditional systems make extensive world models, while behavior control systems use minimal world models or none at all.
Document ID
19930045145
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Miller, David P.
(MIT, Cambridge, MA; JPL, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Cooperative intelligent robotics in space III; Proceedings of the Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 16-18, 1992 (A93-29101 10-54)
Publisher: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Subject Category
Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)
Accession Number
93A29142
Distribution Limits
Public
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