A behaviour-based blackboard architecture for reactive and efficient task execution of an autonomous robot

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-132

  Xu, H ^a   Van Brussel, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomous robot; Behaviour coordination; Behaviour based architecture; Blackboard model

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; EXPERT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BLACKBOARD MODEL; ROBOT CONTROL; SYSTEM MODULARITY; TASK EXECUTION CAPABILITY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031270570     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(97)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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