In this paper a general methodology for studying and solving fuzzy relation equations based on sup-t composition, where t is any continuous triangular norm, is proposed. To this end the concept of the "solution m...
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We aim to develop a robot which can be commanded simply and accurately, especially by users with reduced mobility. Our shared control approach divides task responsibilities between the user (high level) and the robot ...
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This paper presents a summary of a comprehensive research project involving development of a completely autonomous multirobot system for railway track maintenance applications. The specifications of this "real-wo...
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This paper presents a summary of a comprehensive research project involving development of a completely autonomous multirobot system for railway track maintenance applications. The specifications of this "real-world" application required us to consider a multirobot system conceptualization, rather than a single robot system.
Presents an algorithm for a simulator to train mobile robot operators in the use of deictic commands. It shows that robots can be deictically controlled in any reasonable environment. Deictic control is a technique wh...
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Presents an algorithm for a simulator to train mobile robot operators in the use of deictic commands. It shows that robots can be deictically controlled in any reasonable environment. Deictic control is a technique which directs the robot by visually servoing on targets pointed out to the robot by its operator. This provides a direct, intuitive control method which any sighted operator can use. Previous work has formally defined canonical targets required for deictic control, and has described a training system for prospective users. This paper extends that work by providing a specific algorithm for the construction of deictically controlled paths. The algorithm is described in detail and results are presented. This algorithm shows that deictic commands and their targets can be simply determined by an agent able to sense the surrounding environment.
Positioning an eye-in-hand robotic system with respect to a static target is a challenging research problem since it involves recognition of the object and the desired pose at which alignment is to occur, planning a t...
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Positioning an eye-in-hand robotic system with respect to a static target is a challenging research problem since it involves recognition of the object and the desired pose at which alignment is to occur, planning a trajectory for the robot to attain this pose, and careful calibration of the system and the environment. In this paper we introduce a unified framework based on image morphing, to address the above problems and apply it to the task of translational and rotational alignment of an eye-in-hand system to planar objects or planar projections of 3D objects. In our method the desired manipulator pose for each object is defined and stored as a view of the object taken from this pose. The identity of an unknown object in the workspace is established by morphing its image to the views in the database, and using a quantification of the morph as a dissimilarity measure. The synthetic images generated during the morph are used guide an eye-in-hand system to the desired pose. The framework can accommodate partially occluded or deformable targets and smooth trajectories can be generated since an arbitrary number of intermediate images can be used.
We study the behavior of drift-free systems, whose inputs take values in a finite discrete levels set with low bounded switching intervals. In particular, we solve the motion planning problem of drift-free systems und...
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We study the behavior of drift-free systems, whose inputs take values in a finite discrete levels set with low bounded switching intervals. In particular, we solve the motion planning problem of drift-free systems under the above constraints and we prove that the proposed methods provide exact steering when the system is nilpotent. Finally, we explore the details of our methods applying them to the motion planning of a drift-free system.
Ultrasonic range sensors are used to obtain the information required for collision-free navigation of a mobile robot in a semi-structured or unstructured environment. A set of range readings from a ring of sonars are ...
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In this paper, some fundamental issues of modern multi-agent robot architectures are discussed. It is argued that the multi-agent approach provides the necessary flexibility and adaptivity for such architectures, and ...
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In this paper, some fundamental issues of modern multi-agent robot architectures are discussed. It is argued that the multi-agent approach provides the necessary flexibility and adaptivity for such architectures, and that the primary issue in designing a multi-agent robot architecture is the selection of the granularity level, i.e., the decision on decomposing the overall desired functionality physically or across tasks. It is explained why at the various system levels different decomposition grains are needed; physical components, tasks or hybrid. This granularity decision is made on the basis of specific criteria of control localization, knowledge decoupling and interaction minimization so as to identify the decision points of the overall functionality. The above criteria lead to a dual composition-decomposition relation, which provides a good basis for system scaling. The paper specializes the discussion to a proposed neuro-fuzzy multi-agent architecture, which is then applied to design the local path planning system of an indoor mobile robot.
This paper investigates the implementation of a hybrid methodology, which combines fuzzy logic and neural networks, Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM), for the modeling of the supervisor of Large Scale Systems. The description...
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This paper investigates the implementation of a hybrid methodology, which combines fuzzy logic and neural networks, Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM), for the modeling of the supervisor of Large Scale Systems. The description and the construction of Fuzzy Cognitive Map will be extensively examined and it will be proposed a model for the supervisor. There is an oncoming need for more autonomous and intelligent systems, especially in Large Scale Systems and the application of Fuzzy Cognitive Map for the modeling of the Supervisor may contribute in the development of more autonomous systems.
Presents a method for computing the shape skeleton of planar objects in presence of noise occurring inside the image regions. Such noise may be due to poor control of lighting conditions, incorrect thresholding or ima...
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Presents a method for computing the shape skeleton of planar objects in presence of noise occurring inside the image regions. Such noise may be due to poor control of lighting conditions, incorrect thresholding or image subsampling. Binary images of objects with such noise exhibit sparseness (lack of connectivity), within their image regions. Such non-contiguity may also be observed in thresholded images of objects which consist of regions having varying albedo. The problem of obtaining the skeletal description of sparse shapes is ill posed in the sense of conventional skeletonization techniques. We propose a skeletonization method which is based on obtaining the shape skeleton by evolving an approximation of the principal curve of the shape distribution. Our method is implemented as a batch mode Kohonen self-organizing map algorithm and involves iterating the following two steps: (1) Voronoi tessellation of the data, (2) kernel smoothing on the Voronoi centroids. Adjacency relationships between the Voronoi regions are obtained by computing a Delaunay triangulation of the centroids. The Voronoi centroids are connected by a minimum spanning tree after each iteration. The final shape skeleton is obtained by joining centroids which are disjoint in the spanning tree, but have adjacent Voronoi regions. The skeletal descriptions obtained with the method are invariant to translation, rotation, and scale changes of the shape. The potential of the method is demonstrated on industrial objects having varying shape complexity under different imaging conditions.
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