Ecological Robotics: A Schema-Theoretic Approach

The goals of this joint U.S. -Mexico research project are threefold: (1) to provide an understanding and means by which robotic systems are not competing with other agents that are more effective at their designated task; (2) to permit them to be successful competitors within the ecological system and capable of displacing less efficient agents; and (3) that they are ecologically sensitive so that agent environment dynamics are well-modeled and as predictable as possible whenever new robotic technology is introduced. This research effort is tied together by a collection of software tools including: NSL, a neural simulation language; ASL, an abstract schema language; and MissionLab, a schema-based mission-oriented simulation and robot implementation environment.

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