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An intelligent self-guided vehicle for CIM systems

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The aim of the paper (a case study) is to design a concept and propose suitable methods and algorithms, that would allow the build-up of an intelligent self-guided autonomous vehicle. The system is designed to be capable of robust autonomous navigation, simple task planning and execution for industrial and/or office purposes as material transportation, mail delivery, etc.

The presented approach aims to reach the goal without making use of a visual sensor (a TV camera or a laser range-finder). This makes the system relatively simple and therefore inexpensive. The problems of world data acquisition, internal world model build-up and update, path planning, as well as the problem of vehicle steering are solved under certain simplifications, but with respect to expected application of the design in practice.

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Norman Revell A Min Tjoa

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Přeučil, L., Štěpán, P. (1995). An intelligent self-guided vehicle for CIM systems. In: Revell, N., Tjoa, A.M. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 978. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0049160

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