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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Middleware to Link Lego Mindstorms Robots with 4th Generation Language Software NetLogo
Authors : Syed K. Aslam, William J. Faithful, William J. Teahan
Published in: Artificial Intelligence XXXV
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Lego Mindstorms has delivered low-cost amateur robotics to the public, where anyone can easily modify and develop new systems and extensions to extend its capabilities. However, no one has previously attempted to link a 4th generation agent-oriented language such as NetLogo with Mindstorms robots in order to provide an agent-oriented development environment along with simulation and modelling capabilities. This paper describes the development of middleware which can be used to control a Mindstorms robot via a NetLogo model which provides body-syntonic capabilities for real-time sensor feeds and robot commands to make and enact decisions. A couple of example NetLogo models to demonstrate the capabilities of this system (line-following ability and subsumption architecture roaming) have been developed and are described in this paper.