A new technique for the remote guidance of fast mobile robots has been developed and implemented. With this method, the mobile robot follows the general direction prescribed by an operator. However, if the robot encounters an obstacle, it autonomously avoids collision with that obstacle while trying to match the prescribed direction as closely as possible. This novel implementation of shared co...

Navigation of autonomous mobile robots in unknown environments is one of the most research area. Mobile robot can be used in many applications such as indoor and outdoor security patrols, material transport. In this paper, on-line navigation for autonomous mobile robot in dynamic and unknown indoor environment using multi modules fuzzy logic technique is investigated. Four fuzzy logic modules a...

A semi-autonomous robot for autonomous installation and removal of aircraft warning spheres on overhead wires of electric power transmission lines is described here. Hybrid systems methodology was used to model the basic modes of operation of the robot, which includes both autonomous and tele-operation possibilities. Several sensors and actuators including a custom made gripper are used to acco...

In this paper, we develop an autonomous construction system in which a self-contained ground robot builds a protective barrier by means of compliant pockets (i.e., filled bags). We present a stochastic control algorithm based on two biological mechanisms (stigmergy and templates) that takes advantage of compliant pockets for autonomous construction. The control algorithm guides the robot to bui...

In recent years, the autonomous mobile robot has found diverse applications such as home/health care system, surveillance system in civil and military applications and exhibition robot. For surveillance tasks such as moving target pursuit or following and patrol in a region using mobile robot, this paper presents a fuzzy Q-learning, as an intelligent control for cost-based navigation, for auton...

In this paper a system for simultaneous navigation and monitoring with autonomous reaction to failures is going to be presented. This system is part of a complete navigation system called AURON (Autonomous Robot Navigation). The AURON System autonomy is based on the interaction of four main components: the autonomous generation of an environment representation, the planning of a sequence of act...

Autonomous mobile robots are constrained in their long-term functionality due to a limited on-board power supply. Typically, rechargeable batteries are utilized that may only provide a few hours of peak usage before recharging is necessary. Recharging requires a robot to be taken offline, and attached to a battery charger via human intervention. This is unacceptable in environments where long-t...

This paper aims to lay down the foundations of an approach to autonomous mobile robot (AMR) navigation based on the explicit representation of mental entities (desire, intention, obligation, etc.) underlying robot behavior, considered as autonomous active entities. The approach is intended to integrate concepts from the area of distributed architectures and of mental entity representation and i...

The question of how autonomous robots could be part of our everyday life is of a growing interest. We present here an experiment in which an autonomous robot explores its environment and tries to familiarize itself with the features available using a neural-network-based architecture. The lack of stability of its learning structures increases the arousal level of the robot, pushing the robot to...

Establishing a-priori mission performance guarantees is crucial if autonomous robots are to be used with confidence in missions where failure could incur high costs in life and property damage. Automatic mission software verification, in addition to simulation and experimental benchmarking, is a key component of the solution for establishing performance guarantees. This component requires autom...