subsumption programming architecture - tutorial

[Admin]

This is a good tutorial to understand the concepts of subsumption robot programming.

as html:
http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robo/subsumption/

or as a pdf:
http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robo/subsumption/subsumption.pdf

What is subsumption? Well what if your gps sensor says your robot is 3 feet away from its goal, but your IR sensors say there is a big cliff 1 foot in front. How does your robot decide which sensor to use? Obviously the average sensor values wont work . . .

The basic theme is: more important things override less important things.

[rgcustodio]

Here's another good write-up:
http://www.transterpreter.org/blog/?p=57

Two different approach to attain the same goal.

Also, code is not in C, but I love it. It's a totally different programming paradigm.

- Rommel