Khan, Shahjahan Abdul Latif creator Sadananda, Ramakoti Chairperson Henriksen, Rolf Examination Committee Arai, Eiji Examination Committee NORAD , Norway Scholarship Donor text series technical report th Bangkok Asian Institute of Technology 1986 continuing eng 101 p. This research study investigates the temporal issues a nd their role in manipulation of physical objects. A conceptual framework for a prototype robot - instruction planning system, operating in an idealized setting of the blocks-world has been developed. And in t h is context various temporal considerations and their utility in task planning have been studied. In order to examine these concepts and their applications , a representative sub s,t of the above frame work has been implemented. The concepts o f temporal- relationship between events have been refined and a diagrammatic representation scheme - the Time-event diagram - has bee n designed. It allows to easily recognize time - relationships between subtasks and thus can facilitate production of optimized plan for a n assembling work. Based up on the experience from the present endeavor , the ways of designing a more sophisticated system capable of operating in the dynamic environment of the real- world applications has been discussed. A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology Research Studies Project Report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1986 Artificial intelligence Asian Institute of Technology. http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B19471 http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B19471 241198 20260818224241.0