ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the action sequence planner, the action execution planner, and the route planner as they are under development at the University of Karlsruhe. Discrete parts manufacturing could be substantially improved using autonomous vehicles for material and tool transport, where these vehicles can move independently on the manufacturing floor to any desired location. The objective of the Dutch autonomous mobile robot project is to develop a mobile platform with no connections to the outside world, which is able to reach a goal position in an office environment. The primary goal of the architecture of an autonomous robot system should be flexibility. A control system for a completely autonomous mobile robot must perform many complex information processing tasks in real time. Autonomous mobile robots require adaptive motion control based on feedback from the work environment via visual, tactile, and other types of sensor.
