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5/17/2007: 15:00:00—15:50:00 at Glasgow East 117
ABSTRACT: Current capability to command and control a team of heterogeneous robotic agents is limited by proprietary command formats and operating systems. A specific challenge in this context is the specification, the programming, and the testing of software for such a wide variety of mobile robot teams. By utilizing the design principles of software engineering and exploiting the techniques of polymorphism and object-oriented programming, this research explores the applicability of an application program interface (API), called Multi-Agent Java Interface Controller (MAJIC), that supports command, control, and coordination of heterogeneous robot teams. MAJIC encapsulates scripted commands, pre-programmed behaviors, and simultaneous, multi-agent control.
SPEAKER BIO: LT Ball received a B.S. in Computer Informational Systems from the Ferris State University in 1991, and is currently a Masters Degree candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School. Prior to attending NPS he studied and taught Electrical and Nuclear engineering in the Naval Nuclear pipeline. Upon completion of his degree he will be assigned to the Surface Warfare Facility Atlantic in King’s Bay, GA, where he will be Assistant Chief Engineer in charge of Trident Missile production and installation aboard Trident Nuclear Submarines. He is a student of Kevin Squire and Craig Martell.
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