The IONOTRONICS Architecture for Networked Robots is designed so that entities at the Enterprise such as a Java Application can access multiple Robots with real-time on-demand reading of sensors and the control over Robot motion. If an application can simultaneously have access to the sensors of multiple Robots then sophisticated algorithms can be developed to coordinate the movement of multiple robots. The combined full knowledge of all aspects of the Robot, sensors and motion control, open up the capability to make multiple Robots act in a coordinated and purposeful way. Contrast this situation to where only a single Robot is controlled by a single application. Also using networked robots is significantly different for cases where multiple robots are autonomous with preprogrammed motion and reaction to sensors (think of swarms).
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