PLANIT: Tasking Robots by Using English Plans

1.  Table of Contents

          Part 1.   Table of Contents ...............................................................3
          Part 2.    Identification and Significance of the Innovation ..................4
                    1. The Design Problem
                    2. The Solution
                    3. The Innovation and its Significance
                        1. As a Shared Tool for Rapid Modeling
                        2. As a Vehicle to Standardize IA Modeling Schemas
                        3. As a Tool for Understanding a Hierarchy of Plans
                        4. As a Tool for Verifying a Hierarchy of Plans
          Part 3.  Technical Objectives for Phase I ..........................................8
          Part 4.  Work Plan for Phase I .......................................................10
                    1. Refine and Describe the Overall Agency Architecture
                    2. The Chart as a Rosetta Stone
                    3. Operator Input and Output – The Agency User Interfaces
                    4. What Happens in Context During Dialog?
                    5. Vocabulary Development for PLANIT
                        1. Robot-Related Terminology
                        2. Plan-Related Terminology
                   6. Development of a Planning Language
                        1.  The Interpreter: CLIPS-like Production System
                        2.  The Syntax: Expression-Oriented like LISP
                        3.  Data Object Instances: Topics in Chart Layer #3
                        4.  Command Semantics: Major Clauses in Layer #4
                        5.  PLAN-based Scripts of Object-Oriented Primitives
                        6.  Special Forms: IF, DO, PLAN, FOREACH, WHILE
                        7.  PLAN-based Interpreters Can Take Many Forms
          Part 5.   Related R&D .................................................................. 20
          Part 6.   Key Personnel .................................................................20
          Part 7.   Relationship with Phase II and Future R&D...................... 21
          Part 8.   Company Information and Facilities...................................22
          Part 9.   Subcontracts and Consultants............................................23
          Part 10. Commercial Applications Potential.....................................24
          Part 11. Similar Proposals and Awards...........................................24
          Part 12. Bibliography......................................................................25
          Part 13. Cost Proposal...................................................................25