Background
This technology project centered on the creation of a high-level, standardized declarative language for robot programming. With this new programming language for robotics, workers of any skill level will be able to specify robot commands and can use automated tools to translate functional specifications into procedural code to execute tasks in various robotic platforms.
Objective
Creation of a standardized declarative programming language for robotics, lowering the barriers to entry for careers in robotics and manufacturing.
Technical Approach
This project defined and tested a framework for high-level functional specification of the behavior of robotic systems, making robot programming easy and accessible to workers of all levels. Behaviors are specified in a functional abstractions specify what a robot should do in a vendor and a platform-independent way. High-level programs are mapped to sequences of low-level instructions for new targets without writing translation rules from scratch, but by reusing existing morphisms in other categories. The planned system consists of three primary components:
- Goal-oriented functional programming interface
- Functional interoperable compiler
- Upward mappings from robot platforms to a communication protocol
Participants
Siemens (Principal Investigator), University of Maryland