Control of mobile robots using the soar cognitive architecture

Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-71

  Hanford, Scott D ^a,b   Janrathitikarn, Oranuj ^a,b   Long, Lyle N ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDING OBSTACLES; COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES; GENERAL PURPOSE; GPS LOCATIONS; MOTOR CONTROLS; MULTI-THREADED SOFTWARES; ROBOTIC INTELLIGENCES; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SENSOR INPUTS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES; VEHICLE APPLICATIONS;

GROUND VEHICLES; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTORS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 60849108342     PISSN: 15429423     EISSN: 15429423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.37056     Document Type: Article

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