Meld: A declarative approach to programming ensembles Export

@inproceedings{ashleyrollmann-etal-iros07, abstract = {This paper presents Meld, a programming language for modular robots, i.e., for independently executing robots where inter-robot communication is limited to immediate neighbors. Meld is a declarative language, based on P2, a logic- programming language originally designed for programming overlay networks. By using logic programming, the code for an ensemble of robots can be written from a global perspective, as opposed to a large collection of independent robot views. This greatly simplifies the thought process needed for programming large ensembles. Initial experience shows that this also leads to a considerable reduction in code size and complexity. An initial implementation of Meld has been completed and has been used to demonstrate its effectiveness in the Claytronics simulator. Early results indicate that Meld programs are considerably more concise (more than 20times shorter) than programs written in C++, while running nearly as efficiently.}, author = {Ashley-Rollman, M. P. and Goldstein, S. C. and Lee, P. and Mowry, T. C. and Pillai, P.}, booktitle = {Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2007. IROS 2007. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on}, citeulike-article-id = {4402355}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2007.4399480}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4399480}, doi = {10.1109/IROS.2007.4399480}, journal = {Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2007. IROS 2007. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on}, keywords = {declarative, distributed, programming}, pages = {2794--2800}, posted-at = {2009-04-25 04:59:38}, priority = {2}, title = {Meld: A declarative approach to programming ensembles}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2007.4399480}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - ashleyrollmann-etal-iros07 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4402355 N2 - This paper presents Meld, a programming language for modular robots, i.e., for independently executing robots where inter-robot communication is limited to immediate neighbors. Meld is a declarative language, based on P2, a logic- programming language originally designed for programming overlay networks. By using logic programming, the code for an ensemble of robots can be written from a global perspective, as opposed to a large collection of independent robot views. This greatly simplifies the thought process needed for programming large ensembles. Initial experience shows that this also leads to a considerable reduction in code size and complexity. An initial implementation of Meld has been completed and has been used to demonstrate its effectiveness in the Claytronics simulator. Early results indicate that Meld programs are considerably more concise (more than 20times shorter) than programs written in C++, while running nearly as efficiently. JF - Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2007. IROS 2007. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on EP - 2800 TI - Meld: A declarative approach to programming ensembles T2 - Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2007. IROS 2007. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on SP - 2794 KW - declarative KW - distributed KW - programming AU - Ashley-Rollman, MP AU - Goldstein, SC AU - Lee, P AU - Mowry, TC AU - Pillai, P PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2007.4399480 ER -