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Howard Bloom, Charles R. McLean, Cita M. Furlani, T J. Johnson, S Milligan, T Fortman
This guide describes a medium-sized application of the Hierarchical Control System Emulation (HCSE) which was modeled after certain aspects of the National...
James S. Albus, Ernest Kent, M Nashman, P Mansbach, L Palombo, Michael O. Shneier
There are six degrees of freedom that define the position and orientation of any object relative to a robot gripper. All six need to be determined for the robot...
This paper describes concepts used in defining an architecture for a real-time sensory-interactive control system. These concepts were arrived at from testing...
The Center for Fire Research of the U.S. National Bureau of Standards has developed an evaluation systems for determining the risk to life from fire in health...
James S. Albus, Charles R. McLean, Tony Barbera, M L. Fitzgerald
A hierarchical architecture is described for a robot integrated into a real-time sensory interactive factory control system. In this architecture, high level...
James S. Albus, Tony Barbera, M L. Fitzgerald, M Nashman
For robots to operate effectively in the partially unconstrained environment of manufacturing, they must be equipped with control systems that have sensory...