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Real-Time Communications (RTC)
This project is no longer active.
Head: Jorgen Pedersen
Mailing address:
National Robotics Engineering Center
10 40th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Associated center: NREC
Robotics systems today have such high computational requirements that it is necessary to distribute the workload across many processes and processors. Because of this distribution, a means for transferring data between these processes is required. Many low level protocols exist today for handling this communication task, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. This project strives to develop a higher level communication protocol built on top of these lower level protocols, geared specifically toward meeting the system requirements of real-time robotic systems. RTC has been rigorously tested in several real-world robotic applications including the Automated Loading System, the Underground Mining Project, and Demeter.
Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.