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Navigation of mobile robots using a fuzzy behaviorist approach and custom-designed fuzzy inferencing boards*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

François G. Pin  and
Yutaka Watanabe
François G. Pin
Affiliation:
Autonomous Robotic Systems Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6305 (U.S.A.)
Yutaka Watanabe
Affiliation:
Autonomous Robotic Systems Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6305 (U.S.A.)
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Summary

Two types of computer boards incorporating recently developed VLSI fuzzy inferencing chips have been developed to support the addition of qualitative reasoning capabilities to the real-time control of robotic systems. The design and operation of these boards are first reviewed and their use, in conjunction with our proposed Fuzzy Behaviorist approach, is discussed. This approach uses superposition of elemental sensor-based behaviors expressed in the Fuzzy Sets theoretic framework, to emulate "human-like" reasoning inrobotic systems.

Keywords

Mobile robotsNavigationFuzzy behavioristFuzzy boards
Type
Articles
Information
Robotica , Volume 12 , Issue 6 , November 1994 , pp. 491 - 503
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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