Engineering Mechanics

Proceedings Vol. 10 (2004)

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2004

Copyright © 2004 Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

 

Krček P., Dvořák J.
pages 157 - +10p., full text

This paper deals with an application of a fuzzy expert system to autonomous mobile robot control. In the first part, we describe the process of developing a fuzzy expert system, consisting of introducing input and output variables, defining linguistic values and the corresponding fuzzy sets, designing fuzzy rules, choosing an inference engine and defuzzification method. The next part provides an example of applying this fuzzy expert system to solving a partial task of local robot navigation, which involves reaching a given goal without collision with unknown obstacles. For simplicity, we assume only convex obstacles the distances of which are sufficient for the robot to pass. Finally, we outline the possibilities of a further development of the implemented system.

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