All About Java Technology-Based Robotics
TS-1519

This session describes why Java technology is ideal for emerging mobile robotics applications as well as for more-mature industrial robotics and automation applications. It describes the speaker's experiences and concrete examples of employing Java technology in robots of all shapes and sizes and covers use of Java SE; Java ME; Java Real-Time System (Java RTS); and Project Sun SPOT technologies for a wide variety of robotics applications. It includes descriptions and example code for rat- and cat-size applications that range from hobbyist examples for developers to get their hands on, to real-world commercial examples. And it also presents grander, more elephant-size applications, such as the speaker's experiences with an autonomous dune buggy, Tommy, for the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, and Tommy Junior, an autonomous Scion xB, being built for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.

The session also presents experiences and examples with unmanned air vehicles, industrial robotics, and automation applications. It is intended to leave attendees with a sense of the broad range of applications along with concrete examples and code samples for use of Java technology in emerging mobile robotics applications and mature industrial automation applications.

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