The LEGO Mindstorms robots provide an excellent introductory platform for students to learn computer programming. However, a major drawback is students’ lack of access to robots...
— We explore the use of computational optimal control techniques for automated construction of policies in complex dynamic environments. Our implementation of dynamic programming...
Mike Stilman, Christopher G. Atkeson, James Kuffne...
Modular robots represent a perfect application scenario for multiagent coordination. The autonomous modules composing the robot must coordinate their respective activities to enfor...
— In this paper an innovative approach to robotics education is reported, where hands-on learning is integrated with cutting-edge research in the development of an autonomous, bi...
Xiaobo Tan, Drew Kim, Nathan Usher, Dan Laboy, Joe...
— We present an agent-based framework for the development of distributed applications for a team of heterogenous mobile robots. The main goal is to ease the development of cooper...