Self-supervised system for reactive navigation - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Self-supervised system for reactive navigation

A. Dubrawski and J. L. Crowley
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2076 - 2081, May, 1994

Abstract

This paper deals with an artificial neural system for a mobile robot reactive navigation in an unknown, cluttered environment. A task of a presented system is to provide a steering angle signal letting a robot reach a goal while avoiding collisions with obstacles. Basic reactive navigation methods are briefly characterized, a special attention is paid to neural approaches. Then a qualitative description of a presented system is given. The main parts of the system are: the Fuzzy-ART classifier performing a perceptual space partitioning, and the neural associative memory, storing system's experience and superposing influences of different behaviours. Preliminary tests show that the learning by trial-and-error is efficient, as well in a case of beginning from scratch, as after some disturbances of either system's or environmental characteristics.

BibTeX

@conference{Dubrawski-1994-121916,
author = {A. Dubrawski and J. L. Crowley},
title = {Self-supervised system for reactive navigation},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
year = {1994},
month = {May},
volume = {3},
pages = {2076 - 2081},
}