Title :
Case study: developing a rule-based language for mobile robots
Author :
Pfeiffer, Joseph J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA
Abstract :
The 1997 Visual Programming Challenge inspired the development of Altaira, a rule-based language for small mobile robots. This paper describes the original design of the language, the modifications made to render the language implementable in the time available, and further changes which became necessary as a result of experience with the language. The design of a more general second-generation language is also introduced
Keywords :
logic programming languages; mobile robots; robot programming; visual languages; visual programming; 1997 Visual Programming Challenge; Altaira; case study; end-user language; implementability; language modifications; mobile robots; rule-based language; second-generation language; Acceleration; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Mobile robots; Pattern matching; Roads; Robot control; Robot programming; Robot sensing systems; Tiles;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Halifax, NS
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8712-6
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1998.706164
