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In this article, we describe the analysis, design and implementation of a control architecture for a mobile platform to autonomously carry out transportation, surveillance and inspection tasks in semi-structured industrial environments. Based on a hierarchical structure composed by the Organization, Coordination and Functional levels organized linguistically and structured according to the Principle of Increasing Precision with Decreasing Intelligence, this control architecture is permits the real-time parallel execution of tasks.

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This paper presents a conceptual architecture for the control of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles based on the concept of Generalized Vehicle. The design of this architecture was driven by requirements extracted from the analysis of operational scenarios involving the operation of multiple vehicles and embodies an extension of the Dynamically Reconfigurable Control Architecture for an AUV proposed by the authors in previous published work.

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Classes of oceanographic missions addressing relevant distinct scientific and applied objectives in the Portuguese coastal waters are examined in the context of an R&D project aiming at providing a methodological framework adapted to the specific requirements of AUV-based systems design. Preliminary results consisting on the mapping of requirements onto a modular system are presented.

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This article discusses the development of an Intelligent Distributed Environmental Decision Support System, built upon the association of a Multi-agent Belief Revision System with a Geographical Information System (GIS). The inherent multidisciplinary features of the involved expertises in the field of environmental management, the need to define clear policies that allow the synthesis of divergent perspectives, its systematic application, and the reduction of the costs and time that result from this integration, are the main reasons that motivate the proposal of this project. This paper is organised in two parts: in the first part we present and discuss the developed Distributed Belief Revision Test-bed — DiBeRT; in the second part we analyse its application to the environmental decision support domain, with special emphasis on the interface with a GIS. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996.

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The implementation of a robotic assembly cell and it's integration on a CIM environment creats a multitude of problems. The design for robotic assembly which is a complex interactive task between design, CAD and robot simulation and off-line programming groups, the development of flexible mechanical tools for the assembly robot, and the implementation of the assembly cell controller for monotoring and control of the assembly process in the CIM factory, are some of the difficulties to be solved. In this paper we present a description of the solution implemented in CCP - Centro de CIM do Porto, during the ESPRIT 5629 project, project approved in October 1995.

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In this article, we describe the effort being carried out in the analysis, design and implementation of the control architecture for a mobile platform for autonomous transportation, surveillance and inspection in structured and semi-structured industrial environments. The control architecture is based in a hierarchical structure organized linguistically permitting the real-time parallel execution of tasks. This, architecture is composed of three levels, Organization, Coordination and Functional, structured according to the Increasing Precision with Decreasing Intelligence Principle.