A dependable perception-decision-execution cycle for autonomous robots
Stephan Gspandl, Siegfried Podesser, Michael Reip, Gerald Steinbauer, Máté Wolfram · 2012
The tasks robots are employed to achieve are becoming increasingly complex, demanding for dependable operation, especially if robots and humans share common space. Unfortunately, for these robots non-determinism is a severe challenge. Malfunctioning hardware, inaccurate sensors, exogenous events and incomplete knowledge lead to inconsistencies in the robot's belief about the world.