Biologically inspired robotics is a well known approach for the design of autonomous intelligent robot systems. Very often it is assumed that biologically inspired models successfully implemented on robots offer new s...
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(纸本)1902956923
Biologically inspired robotics is a well known approach for the design of autonomous intelligent robot systems. Very often it is assumed that biologically inspired models successfully implemented on robots offer new scientific knowledge for biology too. In other words, robots experiments serving as a replacement for the biological system under investigation are assumed to provide new scientific knowledge for biology. This article is a critical investigation of this assumption. We begin by clarifying what we mean by "new scientific knowledge." Following Karl Popper's work the The Logic of Scientific Discovery we conclude that in general robotic experiments serving as replacement for biological systems can never directly deliver any new scientific knowledge for biology. We further argue that there is no formal guideline which defines the level of "biological plausibility" for biologically inspired robot implementations. Therefore, there is no reason to prefer some kind of robotic setup before others. Any claimed relevance for biology, however, is only justified if results from robotic experiments are translated back into new models and hypotheses amenable to experimental tests within the domain of biology. This translation "back" into biology is very often missing and we will discuss popular robotics frameworks in the context of Brain Research, Cognitive science and Developmental robotics in order to highlight this issue. Nonetheless, such frameworks are valuable and important, like pure mathematics, because they might lead to new formalisms and methods which in future might be essential for gaining new scientific knowledge if applied in biology. No one can tell, if and which of the current robotics frameworks will provide these new scientific tools. What we can already say-the main message of this article-is that robot systems serving as a replacement for biological systems won't be sufficient for the test of biological models, i.e. gaining new scientific knowledge i
This paper aims to address the robust convergence problem that arises from discrete-time iterative learning control (ILC) systems subject to random disturbances. Two alternative approaches are considered in order to a...
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(纸本)9781612848006
This paper aims to address the robust convergence problem that arises from discrete-time iterative learning control (ILC) systems subject to random disturbances. Two alternative approaches are considered in order to achieve the perfect output tracking of the stochastic discrete-time ILC systems in the sense of both expectation and variance, which use the tracking error and the input error for analysis, respectively. It is shown that the convergence results of two approaches to ILC can be established by developing some statistical expressions in super-vector forms. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the convergence results of two approaches to ILC are not always equal, and they can keep the same only in the case where the controlled plants are square.
This paper deals with the active collision avoidance maneuver for the chaser along the specified trajectory, and presents a maneuver approach with constant thrust. Using the 3D stereo vision measurement, The relative ...
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(纸本)9781612848006
This paper deals with the active collision avoidance maneuver for the chaser along the specified trajectory, and presents a maneuver approach with constant thrust. Using the 3D stereo vision measurement, The relative position parameters of the target spacecraft for analyzing the collision possibility are obtained by using the vision measurement and the target maneuver positions are calculated through the equidistance interpolation method. The working times of thrusters in three axes can be respectively computed by the time series analysis method. In particular, the perturbation and fuel consumption are addressed during the computation of working time. Furthermore, the acceleration sequences and the corresponding working time series can be employed to determine a switching control law for the active collision avoidance maneuver. The simulation results show that the switch control law can effectively guarantee the chaser moving along the specified trajectory.
This paper addresses the problem of tracking multiple maneuvering extended targets in the framework of random finite set theory. An elliptical model is adopted for exploiting sensor measurements of target extent, and ...
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(纸本)9781612848006
This paper addresses the problem of tracking multiple maneuvering extended targets in the framework of random finite set theory. An elliptical model is adopted for exploiting sensor measurements of target extent, and the target dynamics is described by a jump Markov linear system which combines the shape parameters into the kinematic state vector. As each extended target gives rise to unlabeled multiple measurements per time step, all the received measurements are partitioned into a number of subsets so that the measurements in each subset are expected to stem from the same source. In addition, the best-fitting Gaussian approximation approach is employed to circumvent the difficulty of multiple model mixing in the Gaussian mixture probability hypothesis density (GM-PHD) filter. A numerical example is provided to compare the performance of the proposed filter with that of the GM-PHD filter without measurement partition.
This paper is concerned with the column formation control of multi-robot systems that are subject to input constraints. A new leader-follower setup is proposed, under which the Lyapunov method can provide a simple con...
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(纸本)9781612848006
This paper is concerned with the column formation control of multi-robot systems that are subject to input constraints. A new leader-follower setup is proposed, under which the Lyapunov method can provide a simple controller in terms of two feedback parameters. It is shown that using an elliptic approximation to input constraints, the two feedback parameters can be obtained directly with a geometric analysis method. Moreover, a sufficient condition is presented for the leader robot to guarantee that the desired column formation can be achieved, with which a particular controller is designed by selecting two appropriate functions for the feedback parameters. Simulation results are included to verify the effectiveness of the proposed theoretical results.
In this paper, we present a Bayesian framework for recovering the occluded facial image without the aid of manual face alignment or user-specified occlusion region. The proposed Bayesian framework unifies the recovery...
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It is a normal method that CAPTCHA is used to distinguish general users from software robots in E-Business website. With the rapid development of reCAPTCHA, traditional simple CAPTCHA is facing the challenge of being ...
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(纸本)9781424486915
It is a normal method that CAPTCHA is used to distinguish general users from software robots in E-Business website. With the rapid development of reCAPTCHA, traditional simple CAPTCHA is facing the challenge of being cracked, while too complicated CAPTCHA is difficult for users to identify. This paper proposes a novel CAPTCHA based on digital image information hiding, which is easy for users to identify while hardly cracked by the robots. Theoretical analysis and simulation experiments indicate that this method is effective and safe.
This paper considers the problem of formation control for mobile robots which are subject to input constraints. The control strategy based on virtual robot tracking is proposed, which leads to a compact controller for...
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This paper considers the problem of formation control for mobile robots which are subject to input constraints. The control strategy based on virtual robot tracking is proposed, which leads to a compact controller form in terms of two feedback parameters by Lyapunov method. The introduced elliptic approximation of input constraints brings much convenience to obtain suitable feedback parameters. It is show that the presented sufficient condition guarantees the existence of feasible feedback parameters. Moreover, guidelines for the selection of feedback parameters are provided with geometric analysis. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.
This paper presents a Gaussian mixture probability hypothesis density (GM-PHD) smoother for tracking multiple maneuvering targets that follow jump Markov models. Unlike the generalization of the multiple model GM-PHD ...
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This paper presents a Gaussian mixture probability hypothesis density (GM-PHD) smoother for tracking multiple maneuvering targets that follow jump Markov models. Unlike the generalization of the multiple model GM-PHD filters, our aim is to approximate the dynamics of the linear Gaussian jump Markov system (LGJMS) by a best-fitting Gaussian (BFG) distribution so that the GM-PHD smoother can be carried out with respect to an approximated linear Gaussian system. Our approach is inspired by the recognition that the BFG approximation provides an accurate performance measure for the LGJMS. Furthermore, the multiple model estimation is avoided and less computational cost is required. The effectiveness of the proposed smoother is verified with a numerical simulation.
In this paper, an adaptive iterative learning control (ILC) scheme is proposed for trajectory tracking of uncertain delay systems based on model matching technique. The reference model is a delay system operating over...
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In this paper, an adaptive iterative learning control (ILC) scheme is proposed for trajectory tracking of uncertain delay systems based on model matching technique. The reference model is a delay system operating over in a finite time interval. An iterative model matching controller is designed and an iteration domain adaptive law is chosen to estimate the unknown parameters. It shows that the model matching technique can be applied in a straightforward method to ILC problem. A simulation example is included to illustrate the designed scheme.
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