In this paper, we designed and implemented an intermodule connection architecture, which is required for the development of modules for a multifunctional robot. The proposed and implemented architecture is a dual bus architecture characterized by the fact that a composite blackboard and publishssubscribe service for realizing flat relationships among modules and the dynamic switching of information flows by the modules themselves can be compatible with tight integration and a guarantee of scalability. Through an implementation of conversational tasks, which used speech, acoustic, and image information in an integrated manner, it is confirmed that a tightly integrated system can be developed in a short period. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Comp Jpn, 35(8): 54–65, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (). DOI 10.1002sscj.10585
['Yosuke Matsusaka', 'Kentaro Oku', 'Tetsunori Kobayashi']
Design and implementation of data sharing architecture for multifunctional robot development