In off-road environments, the assessment and classification in travers-able and non-traversable areas is a challenging task. Not only does the drive-ability depend on the vehicle's state in combination with the en...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783030112929;9783030112912
In off-road environments, the assessment and classification in travers-able and non-traversable areas is a challenging task. Not only does the drive-ability depend on the vehicle's state in combination with the environmental geometry, but also the assessment is complicated by noisy and wrong sensor data. Thereby, faulty evaluation may lead to severe harm to goods or people since either safety issues or reliability problems are caused. While for the control part behavior-based systems proved to be suitable due to their inherent robustness against unforeseen situations, robust perception is still an unsolved problem leading to severe system failures. This paper faces the perception problem by introducing a new data quality-based perception module based on the integrated behavior-based control (iB2C) architecture. Therefore, a new concept of data quality in behavior-based systems and methods for quality aware data fusion are developed while taking advantage of the modularity, extensibility and traceability of the existing architecture.
This paper presents a method of designing and optimizing a single chemical sensor-based source identification algorithm, derived from moth-inspired chemical plume tracing (CPT) strategies. In doing it, we define a sou...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424407897
This paper presents a method of designing and optimizing a single chemical sensor-based source identification algorithm, derived from moth-inspired chemical plume tracing (CPT) strategies. In doing it, we define a source identification zone (SIZ) using last chemical detection points (LCDPs). Then, we optimize the proposed algorithm using a simulated plume with significant meander and filament intermittency by considering dynamics of a REMUS vehicle. The simulation studies show that for 1000 test runs the optimized algorithm achieves a success rate of over 90% in identifying source locations, an average identification time of 3-4 minutes, and an average error of identified source locations 1 similar to 2 meters in an operation area with length scales of 100 meters. In addition, we discuss an extension of the moth-inspired strategies to trace a plume and identify the odor source with static location in a three-dimensional space.
This paper describes the global robotics architecture for a service robot dedicated to commercial centers, i.e. an interactive Shopping Cart. A main focus is the introduction of robots into human all day environments....
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424448555
This paper describes the global robotics architecture for a service robot dedicated to commercial centers, i.e. an interactive Shopping Cart. A main focus is the introduction of robots into human all day environments. These environments often have a cluttered and nested character. They are full of dynamic objects. Especially the probable presence of many people is a special challenge to cope with. This paper introduces a setup and a control architecture to handle these challenges with a special focus on the interaction between the robot and one dedicated user of the robot. The design should take into account that not only a single robot but also a whole fleet of similar robots can be located in the same area. Therefore passive sensor systems are preferred to avoid glaring effects. The layered control architecture is cut out of a whole system architecture that contains additional communication and application logic capabilities. The two main tasks the control architecture has to fulfill is the navigation that is split in a topological and in a reactive part as well as interaction of the robot with its user and with other robots. It is supported by a set of logical sensors significantly.
A manned Mars habitat will require a significant amount of infrastructure that can be deployed using robotic precursor missions. This infrastructure deployment will probably include the use of multiple, heterogeneous,...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0819438618
A manned Mars habitat will require a significant amount of infrastructure that can be deployed using robotic precursor missions. This infrastructure deployment will probably include the use of multiple, heterogeneous, mobile robotic platforms. Delays due to the long communication path to Mars limit the amount of teleoperation that is possible. A control architecture called CAMPOUT (control Architecture for Multirobot Planetary Outposts) is currently under development at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA. It is a three layer behavior-based system that incorporates the low level control routines currently used on the JPL SRR/FIDO/LEMUR revers. The middle behavior layer uses either the BISMARC (Biologically Inspired System for Map based Autonomous Rover control) or MOBC (Multi-Objective behaviorcontrol) action selection mechanisms. CAMPOUT includes the necessary group behaviors and communication mechanisms for coordinated/cooperative control of heterogeneous robotic platforms. We report the results of some ongoing work at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA on the transport phase of a photovoltaic (PV) tent deployment mission.
This paper describes how the use of behaviors as the underlying control representation provides a useful encoding that both lends robustness to control and allows abstraction for handling scaling in learning, focusing...
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This study examined the relationship between customer incivility and salespeople's up-selling behavior as mediated via emotional exhaustion and the moderating effect of sales control systems (e.g., outcome-based c...
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This study examined the relationship between customer incivility and salespeople's up-selling behavior as mediated via emotional exhaustion and the moderating effect of sales control systems (e.g., outcome-basedcontrol and behavior-based control) on the relationship. Survey data from 397 salespeople working at department stores in South Korea were examined. The results indicated that the negative relationship between customer incivility and up-selling behavior was mediated by emotional exhaustion. Outcome-basedcontrol buffered the negative outcomes of customer incivility, whereas behavior-based control strengthened the negative relationship between customer incivility and emotional exhaustion. Furthermore, outcome-basedcontrol decreased the negative indirect relationship between customer incivility and up-selling behavior, while behavior-based control amplified it.
This paper describes an oscillator-basedcontroller that was implemented on a two-wheeled, differential drive robot. The controller is loosely based on the Central Pattern Generator circuits seen in many animals, and ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)1889335193
This paper describes an oscillator-basedcontroller that was implemented on a two-wheeled, differential drive robot. The controller is loosely based on the Central Pattern Generator circuits seen in many animals, and was developed to operate in unknown or changing environments. A unique feature is that the controller adjusts its oscillator parameters based on the pattern of sensory feedback. The controller's performance in a test arena with random obstacles and changing light patterns is evaluated. The goal of the robot was to seek out areas of bright light and "collect" as much light as possible during a trial. The results of the indicate that the performance of the self-adjusting oscillator-basedcontroller is better than that of a fixed-oscillator controller.
In this paper, we present a method for motion generation from automatically derived behaviors for a humanoid robot. behaviors are derived automatically by using the underlying spatio-temporal structure in motion. Vie ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0780379527
In this paper, we present a method for motion generation from automatically derived behaviors for a humanoid robot. behaviors are derived automatically by using the underlying spatio-temporal structure in motion. Vie derived behaviors are stored in a robot's long-term (or procedural) memory. New motions are generated from the derived ones with a search mechanism. In our approach, vision, speech recognition, short-term memory and decision-making operate in parallel with long-term memory in a unique architecture. This organization is intended for autonomous robot control and learning.
In recent years, adaptive and autonomous exploration of underwater plumes with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) becomes a hot research topic, due to its significant applications. For the researches on AUV underwa...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424467129
In recent years, adaptive and autonomous exploration of underwater plumes with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) becomes a hot research topic, due to its significant applications. For the researches on AUV underwater plume exploring, design, optimization and validation of the control strategies and autonomous behaviors of the AUVs is the key issue. In order to study various control strategies and behaviors on an AUV platform, a stable and reliable low-level guidance and control system should be first designed. In this paper, we proposed a modular behavior-based control architecture, and addressed the design of the guidance module and kinematic variables control module which are the low-level part of the control architecture for an underwater plume exploring AUV. Simulation examples are presented, which demonstrate the good performance of the developed guidance and kinematic variables control system.
This paper derives a single chemical sensor based algorithm from the moth-inspired chemical plume strategies for identifying plume sources in fluid-advected environments. We evaluate the algorithm performance using a ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424409129
This paper derives a single chemical sensor based algorithm from the moth-inspired chemical plume strategies for identifying plume sources in fluid-advected environments. We evaluate the algorithm performance using a simulated plume with significant meander and filament intermittency. The in-water test runs demonstrated the algorithm effective and robust to the variation of near-shore ocean environments.
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