Applications of AI Memo 864

The paper, properly titled “A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot”, describes a control system architecture based on layers of competency. Each layer consists of a series of modules, interconnected finite state machines that together achieve a high-level goal. Each higher competency is stacked upon the those below it and can override their inputs and outputs. In this design, adding a higher layer does not require modifications to the lower ones.

I am interested in exploring applications of this idea to other autonomous systems (not necessarily robotic in nature).