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Gat, 1991 - Google Patents

Alfa: A language for programming reactive robotic control systems

Gat, 1991

Document ID
4022216606006758841
Author
Gat E
Publication year
Publication venue
Proceedings. 1991 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

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The author introduces ALFA, a language for programming reactive control mechanisms for autonomous mobile robots. ALFA programs consist of networks of computational modules connected by communications channels. These channels are themselves computational …
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