Title : 
Fuzzy logic in collective robotic search
         
        
            Author : 
Zhang, Nian ; Wunsch, Donald C., II
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Missouri Univ., Rolla, MO, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
One important application of mobile robots is searching a geographical region to locate the origin of a specific sensible phenomenon. We first propose a fuzzy logic approach using a decision table. A novel fuzzy rule based was designed. And then a fuzzy search strategy is adopted by utilizing the three tier centers of mass coordination. Experimental results show that fuzzy logic algorithm is an efficient approach for the collective robots to locate the target source. In addition, noise and the position of the target affect the searching result.
         
        
            Keywords : 
fuzzy logic; intelligent robots; mobile robots; motion control; multi-robot systems; position control; search problems; collective robotic search; collective robots; decision table; fuzzy logic; fuzzy rule base; fuzzy search strategy; geographical region; mass coordination; mobile robots; specific sensible phenomena; target source location; three tier centers; Chemical hazards; Control systems; Costs; Fuzzy logic; Humans; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Search problems;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Fuzzy Systems, 2003. FUZZ '03. The 12th IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-7810-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/FUZZ.2003.1206650