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The Real-Time Embedded System for a Humanoid: Betty

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Trends in Intelligent Robotics (FIRA 2010)

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Abstract

This paper investigates the efficiency of the real-time embedded system in our humanoid robot, Betty. In this paper we only discuss the upper body of Betty. Based on several experiments of different queue data structures, communication protocols and PID controller implementations, we measured and analysed the latencies and jitters of Betty’s responses. The experimental results indicate the best configuration to optimise the performance of Betty’s Control Program.

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  1. Autonomous Agent Lab, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada

    Meng Cheng Lau & Jacky Baltes

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  1. Meng Cheng Lau
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  1. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Prahlad Vadakkepat  & Tan Kok Kiong  & 

  2. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea

    Jong-Hwan Kim

  3. Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Norbert Jesse

  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117576, Singapore

    Abdullah Al Mamun

  5. Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Jacky Baltes  & John Anderson  & 

  6. Dept. of Education in Technology & Science, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel

    Igor Verner

  7. Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA

    David Ahlgren

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Lau, M.C., Baltes, J. (2010). The Real-Time Embedded System for a Humanoid: Betty. In: Vadakkepat, P., et al. Trends in Intelligent Robotics. FIRA 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 103. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15810-0_16

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