An Intelligent Robot Architecture based on Robot Mark-up Languages

An intelligent robotic system is built by integrating a number of component systems. Building an intelligent robot thus requires a tremendous effort, as well as time and money to integrate component systems developed by various researchers. It is critical for success to build a system in a development environment where time and money can be budgeted properly. In order to integrate the robotic components correctly and complete the entire task within a limited budget and time, it is critical to find a good architecture where all the development processes are conducted efficiently. One of the design goals of our software platform is to provide an open and generic atmosphere where developers have freedom to mix and match their preferred technologies today as well as tomorrow. Within this framework, any program module can be plugged into the platform so that it works with other program modules. As an effort in achieving our goal, we propose a Robot Mark-up Language approach based on standard XML technology.