Abstract
Unexpected events can cause the failure of apparently “correct” robot programs. The interaction with the real world makes errors unpredictable. The error recovery activity is usually programmed explicitly in the user program. This requires the user to be responsible for anticipating all the possible errors and to determine the actions he wants to take to recover from them. The aim of this paper is to present a general framework in which the activity of error recovery can be automated. This requires a model of the world in which the robot is operating, a way to interpret sensor data, and a method to generate recovery actions.
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Gini, M., Gini, G. (1984). Recovering from Failures: A New Challenge for Industrial Robotics. In: Brady, M., Gerhardt, L.A., Davidson, H.F. (eds) Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. NATO ASI Series, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82153-0_29
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