Robin PASSAMA

CV
Robin Passama received the MS degree in Computer Sciences in 2002 from the University Montpellier II. Currently, he prepares a PhD Thesis in Computer Sciences and Robotics at the LIRMM Laboratory of the University of Montpellier, France. His main research interests include object-oriented modelling and programming, component-based development, Petri nets based design and robotic control architectures. His secondary scientific interests include multi-agents paradigm and constraint satisfaction problems modelling.

ABSTRACT
A modelling language for communicating architectural solutions in the domain of robot control

 

An open issue in robotics is to explain and compare very different solutions given by robot architects for control organization. This paper presents a domain specific modelling language dedicated to overcome this problem. The underlying goal of this work is to promote the communication of robot architects' expertise. The paper starts from a reflexion on the state of the art in research on control architectures. It results from this the report that to compare control architectures, it is necessary to be focused on the decision process organization by abstracting from technological features. A conceptual model for robotic architectures, defining domain terminology and concepts used in the description of decision process organization, is presented. Then, the language used to model organization of the decision process is defined via a meta-model. Finally, the use of the language is illustrated with the description of architectural solutions of CLARATy and Aura.