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Most valuable player: a robot device server for distributed control
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Successful distributed sensing and control require data to flow effectively between sensors, processors and actuators on single robots, in groups and across the Internet. We propose a mechanism for achieving this flow that we have found to be powerful and easy to use; we call it Player. Player combines an efficient message protocol with a simple device model. It is implemented as a multithreaded TCP socket server that provides transparent network access to a collection of sensors and actuators, often comprising a robot. The socket abstraction enables platform- and language-independent control of these devices, allowing the system designer to use the best tool for the task at hand Player is freely available from http://robotics.usc.edu/player.
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- Gerkey, B. P., Vaughan, R. T., Stoy, K., Howard, A., Sukhatme, G. S., & Mataric, M. J.
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- Proceedings 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Expanding the Societal Role of Robotics in the the Next Millennium (Cat. No.01CH37180)
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- IEEE
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- 2002-11-13
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- 3
- Pages
- 1226-1231
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- W2134794304
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- 51.75
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- conference paper
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- en
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- closed
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