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title: "A Framework for Distributed Sensing and Control"
authors:
  - "Tom Henderson"
  - "Chuck Hansen"
  - "Bir Bhanu"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/226"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/0226.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1985
pages: "1106-1108"
track: "Robotics"
keywords:
---

# A Framework for Distributed Sensing and Control

Tom Henderson, Chuck Hansen, Bir Bhanu

*Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 1106-1108.

## Abstract

Logical Sensor Specification (LSS) has been introduced as a convenient means for specifying multi-sensor systems and their implementations . in this paper, we demoostrate how control issues can be handlad in the context of LSS . in particular, the Logical Sensor Specification is extended to include a control mechanism which permits control information to (1) flow from more centralized processing to more peripheral processes, and (2) be generated locally in the logical sensor by means of a micro-expert system specific to the interface represented by the given logical sensor. Examples are given including a proposed scheme for controlling the Utah/MIT dextrous hand.