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Path Creation By Continuous Flocking As An Example Of A Morphogenetic Programming Language, Bruce J Maclennan
Path Creation By Continuous Flocking As An Example Of A Morphogenetic Programming Language, Bruce J Maclennan
Faculty Publications and Other Works -- EECS
Artificial morphogenesis uses processes inspired by embryology to control massive swarms of robots to assemble complex physical structures. First, we use an example morphogenetic program to illustrate a prototype implementation of morphgen, a morphogenetic programming language. The syntax and semantics are described informally as illustrated by the example program, which is included in its entirety in an appendix. Another appendix includes a complete formal grammar for the current version of the language. Next, we describe the results of a series of experiments with the program, which simulates a continuous swarm of microscopic agents creating paths from an origin to a …
Peer Attention Modeling With Head Pose Trajectory Tracking Using Temporal Thermal Maps, Corey Michael Johnson
Peer Attention Modeling With Head Pose Trajectory Tracking Using Temporal Thermal Maps, Corey Michael Johnson
Masters Theses
Human head pose trajectories can represent a wealth of implicit information such as areas of attention, body language, potential future actions, and more. This signal is of high value for use in Human-Robot teams due to the implicit information encoded within it. Although team-based tasks require both explicit and implicit communication among peers, large team sizes, noisy environments, distance, and mission urgency can inhibit the frequency and quality of explicit communication. The goal for this thesis is to improve the capabilities of Human-Robot teams by making use of implicit communication. In support of this goal, the following hypotheses are investigated: …
The Synmac Syntax Macroprocessor: Introduction And Manual, Version 5, Bruce J Maclennan
The Synmac Syntax Macroprocessor: Introduction And Manual, Version 5, Bruce J Maclennan
Faculty Publications and Other Works -- EECS
A syntax macroprocessor permits parameterized text substitutions with greater syntactic flexibility than allowed with ordinary macroprocessors. This report describes the \emph{synmac} syntax macroprocessor, which permits arbitrarily delimited macro invocations, and thus allows the definition of new statement and expression forms or even complete languages. Synmac is a computationally complete programming language. We define the synmac macro language, document a prototype implementation, and give examples of its use.