This paper describes CES, a proto-type of a new programming language for robots and other embedded systems, equipped with sensors and actuators. CES contains two new ideas, currently not found in other programming languages: support of computing with uncertain information, and support of adaptation and teaching as a means of programming. These innovations facilitate the rapid development of software for embedded systems, as demonstrated by two mobile robot applications.
It's 46 pages long. I've skim read it and I don't see anything that can't be done as a library function. I suspect that functional reactive robotics the probabilistic lambda-calculus will move you closer to ease of implementation of robot controllers. Perhaps others with more knowledge of probabilistic languages (and more time) can comment?
Posted to DSL by Noel Welsh on 4/6/03; 1:33:02 AM
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A Framework for Programming Embedded Systems
