One-Chip Solution to Intelligent Robot Control: Implementing Hexapod Subsumption Architecture Using a Contemporary Microprocessor
<|reference_start|>One-Chip Solution to Intelligent Robot Control: Implementing Hexapod Subsumption Architecture Using a Contemporary Microprocessor: This paper introduces a six-legged autonomous robot managed by a single controller and a software core modeled on subsumption architecture. We begin by discussing the features and capabilities of IsoPod, a new processor for robotics which has enabled a streamlined implementation of our project. We argue that this processor offers a unique set of hardware and software features, making it a practical development platform for robotics in general and for subsumption-based control architectures in particular. Next, we summarize original ideas on subsumption architecture implementation for a six-legged robot, as presented by its inventor Rodney Brooks in 1980s. A comparison is then made to a more recent example of a hexapod control architecture based on subsumption. The merits of both systems are analyzed and a new subsumption architecture layout is formulated as a response. We conclude with some remarks regarding the development of this project as a hint at new potentials for intelligent robot design, opened by a recent development in embedded controller market.<|reference_end|>
@article{pashenkov2004one-chip,
    title={One-Chip Solution to Intelligent Robot Control: Implementing Hexapod
  Subsumption Architecture Using a Contemporary Microprocessor},
    author={Nikita Pashenkov & Ryuichi Iwamasa},
    journal={International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Volume 1,
  Number 2, June 2004, pp. 93-98},
    year={2004},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={cs/0412056},
    primaryClass={cs.RO}
}