Control of a Six-Legged Mobile Robot Using the Soar Cognitive Architecture

Abstract

*† ‡ This paper describes the development of the Cognitive Robotic System (CRS) for studying intelligent and autonomous unmanned vehicles. This system uses a multi-threaded software system written using Java to integrate the Soar cognitive architecture with a sixlegged mobile robot and its sensors and motors. The results of experiments in which the Cognitive Robotic System was used to control the hexapod on missions of GPS navigation with obstacle avoidance are described. The CRS was designed so that its capabilities can be expanded in the future through the inclusion of additional software systems and more sophisticated Soar agents.