PREVISUALIZATION IN ROBOTICS: AN ATOMIC APPROACH

Mauno Rönkkö

2004

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss use of previsualization in robotics. In previsualization, a computer animates a highly underspecified model; thus, helping the designers to detect missing components. When applied to robotics, previsualization should reveal detailed dynamics that is not explicitly specified in the model. In particular, it should reveal interaction dynamics of the physical components. Such a requirement is non-trivial. In this paper, we investigate an atomic approach that uses emergent dynamics to reveal the interaction dynamics. The approach is based on use of atoms that obey simple, compositional interaction laws. The laws produce emergent interaction dynamics for physical components composed of atoms. As the main contribution, we shall illustrate how the atomic approach, despite its simplicity, captures compactly non-trivial settings, and reveals effortlessly intricate dynamics that are otherwise considered too laborious for modelling.

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Rönkkö M. (2004). PREVISUALIZATION IN ROBOTICS: AN ATOMIC APPROACH . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 972-8865-12-0, pages 110-117. DOI: 10.5220/0001127301100117


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@conference{icinco04,
author={Mauno Rönkkö},
title={PREVISUALIZATION IN ROBOTICS: AN ATOMIC APPROACH},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2004},
pages={110-117},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001127301100117},
isbn={972-8865-12-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - PREVISUALIZATION IN ROBOTICS: AN ATOMIC APPROACH
SN - 972-8865-12-0
AU - Rönkkö M.
PY - 2004
SP - 110
EP - 117
DO - 10.5220/0001127301100117