Programming multirobot applications using the ThinkingCap-II Java framework

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-75

  Martinez Barbera H ^a   Herrero Perez D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS CAR; CODE REUSABILITY; COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; COMPLEX PLATFORM; FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION; HIGH-LEVEL ABSTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS; INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES; MANNED VEHICLES; MULTI-ROBOT APPLICATION; MULTIROBOTS; REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE; ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SOFTWARE MODULES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ARCHITECTURE; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; REUSABILITY; ROBOTICS; VEHICLES;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 72149103543     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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