NUClear: A Loosely Coupled Software Architecture for Humanoid Robot Systems

This paper discusses the design and interface of NUClear, a new hybrid message-passing architecture for embodied humanoid robotics. NUClear is modular, low latency and promotes functional and expandable software design. It greatly reduces the latency for messages passed between modules as the messag...

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Main Authors: Trent eHouliston, Jake eFountain, Yuqing eLin, Alexandre eMendes, Mitchell eMetcalfe, Josiah eWalker, Stephan K. Chalup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/frobt.2016.00020/full