An artificial intelligence approach to the 1994 AUVS Unmanned Ground Robotics Competition

Author

Murphy, Robin R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

22-25 Oct 1995

Firstpage

1723

Abstract

This paper describes the artificial intelligence (AI) approach taken by the CSM team to the Second Annual AUVS International Unmanned Ground Robotics Competition held in Rochester, Michigan, May 20-22, 1994. Using this approach, the CSM entry Omnibot won first place for the six student team members. The AI approach relied on a reactive architecture to decompose the robot´s functions into a set of reflexive behaviors, and the principle of action-oriented perception to guide the design of each individual behavior and its relationship to the others. The major contribution of this paper is a case study of a successful reactive behavioral design for an autonomous mobile robot

Keywords

intelligent control; mobile robots; navigation; path planning; robot vision; ultrasonic transducers; AUVS International Unmanned Ground Robotics Competition; CSM team t; Omnibot; action-oriented perception; artificial intelligence; autonomous mobile robot; navigation; reactive behavioral design; reflexive behaviors; ultrasonic sensor; video camera; Animals; Artificial intelligence; Computer architecture; Intelligent robots; Land vehicles; Mobile robots; Navigation; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2559-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1995.538023

Filename

538023