A case study of the difficulties associated with the design of hybrid control systems is presented. The authors use an intelligent vehicle highway system (IVHS) architecture as their example of a hierarchical hybrid s...
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A case study of the difficulties associated with the design of hybrid control systems is presented. The authors use an intelligent vehicle highway system (IVHS) architecture as their example of a hierarchical hybrid system. The authors point out that, even though conventional analysis tools suggest that the proposed design should fulfill certain performance requirements, the simulation results show that it does not. The authors consider this as an indication that the conventional tools currently in use for the design and verification of control systems may be inadequate for the design of hierarchical control of hybrid systems.< >
In this paper, we introduce a general formalism for generating a fuzzy plant model. We provide a description of fuzzification, inference rules, and defuzzification in terms of mappings from the set of real numbers to ...
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In this paper, we introduce a general formalism for generating a fuzzy plant model. We provide a description of fuzzification, inference rules, and defuzzification in terms of mappings from the set of real numbers to the fuzzy set domain; We demonstrate the use of this formalism by developing a general fuzzy logic, rule based plant model for a stable, discrete-time, linear time-invariant system, with rational coefficients. We prove that the fuzzy plant model exactly duplicates the behavior of the discrete-time linear system. A worked example and simulation results are also presented. Finally, we outline a method for control design using fuzzy rule base plant models. Possible application of this method for regulation and tracking is considered.< >
A case study of the use of simulation as a tool for design and validation of hybrid systems is presented. We use an intelligent vehicle highway systems (IVHS) architecture, a system that involves both continuous state...
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A case study of the use of simulation as a tool for design and validation of hybrid systems is presented. We use an intelligent vehicle highway systems (IVHS) architecture, a system that involves both continuous state and discrete event controllers as our example of a hierarchical hybrid system. We point out that even though analytical methods do not exist for verification of hybrid control system, a simulation tool can be useful to (in)validate that the hybrid system operates properly.< >
Motion information is extracted by identifying the temporal signature associated with the textured objects in the scene. We present a new computational framework for motion perception. Our methodology considers spatio...
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Motion information is extracted by identifying the temporal signature associated with the textured objects in the scene. We present a new computational framework for motion perception. Our methodology considers spatiotemporal frequency (STF) domain analysis to extract the optical flow information. First, we show that a sequence of image frames can be used to extract the motion parameters for the different regions in a dynamic scene using the basic Fourier transform properties in the STF analysis approach. A detailed analytical description of this model to interchangably extract motion and depth parameters and results to highlight their salient properties are presented.< >
A novel sonar array for mobile robots is presented with applications to localization and mapping of indoor environments. The ultrasonic sensor localizes and classifies multiple targets in two dimensions to ranges of u...
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A novel sonar array for mobile robots is presented with applications to localization and mapping of indoor environments. The ultrasonic sensor localizes and classifies multiple targets in two dimensions to ranges of up to 8 meters. By accounting for effects of temperature and humidity, the system is accurate to within 1 mm and 6.1 degrees in still air. Targets separated by 10 mm can be discriminated. Targets are classified into planes, corners, edges and unknown, with the minimum of two transmitters and two receivers. A novel approach is that receivers are closely spaced to minimize the correspondence problem of associating echoes from multiple targets. A set of templates is generated for echoes to allow the optimal arrival time to be estimated, and overlapping echoes and disturbances to be rejected.< >
This paper describes the implementation of hierarchical control on a robotic manipulator using fuzzy logic. A decentralized control approach is implemented, i.e., individual controllers control the two links of the ro...
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This paper describes the implementation of hierarchical control on a robotic manipulator using fuzzy logic. A decentralized control approach is implemented, i.e., individual controllers control the two links of the robot. The kinematic aspect of the control is treated as the supervisory mode at a higher level and the joint control is treated as the lower level. Fuzzy logic based rules determine the inverse kinematic mapping which maps the Cartesian coordinates to the individual joint angles. This scheme is implemented using Togai Infra Logic software and the entire simulation software is implemented using C language. The results of the simulation are discussed. This experiment is a proof of principle to show that the fuzzy controller can be used to map the nonlinear mapping which can be implemented to the more complex problem of inverse kinematics of higher degree of freedom robots. A fuzzy PD controller is implemented on a Rhino robot and the performance is compared with a traditional PD controller.< >
Five scheduling problems are considered, concerning unit-length independent tasks and uniform machines. New improved optimal algorithms are presented that can solve these problems in at most O(n log n) time, where n i...
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Five scheduling problems are considered, concerning unit-length independent tasks and uniform machines. New improved optimal algorithms are presented that can solve these problems in at most O(n log n) time, where n is the number of tasks. The existing algorithms solve most of these problems in O(n3) time. Proofs of optimality of the present algorithms are included, and simple representative examples are provided that illustrate the type of results obtained.
The synthesis of a fuzzy logic controller that provides a small mobile robot with the capability to exhibit a wall-following behavior is described. A general account of the procedure is given with emphasis placed on t...
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The synthesis of a fuzzy logic controller that provides a small mobile robot with the capability to exhibit a wall-following behavior is described. A general account of the procedure is given with emphasis placed on the embedded realization of the fuzzy controller and its feasibility using commercially available tools.< >
A corner is modelled as the intersection of two lines. A corner point is that point on an input digital arc whose a posteriori probability of being a corner is the maximum among all the points on the arc. The performa...
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This paper describes the development of an integrated autonomous multi-robot system, where two heterogeneous robots exhibit coordinated convoying behavior. Coordination is accomplished without any communication but by...
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This paper describes the development of an integrated autonomous multi-robot system, where two heterogeneous robots exhibit coordinated convoying behavior. Coordination is accomplished without any communication but by visual observation. An active perception system uses visual servoing to track the leading vehicle to determine its heading and relative distance. A fuzzy logic based real-time motion controller uses the heading to control the steering and relative distance and velocity information to adjust the speed to let the trailing robot smoothly follow the leader. A novel correlation algorithm based on minimum noise and correlation energy (MINACE) filter is used for object tracking. The MINACE based tracker is adaptive and when the tracking degrades due to the change in appearance of the leading robot a new filter is synthesized online to replace the old one. The performance and robustness of the convoying system has been verified in a series of extensive laboratory trials.< >
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