Simulation-Based Internal Models for Safer Robots
Simulation-Based Internal Models for Safer Robots
复制标题
DOI:
10.3389/frobt.2017.00074
复制
发表时间:
2018-01-11
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Hefner, Verena V.
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Blum, Christian;Winfield, Alan F. T.;Hefner, Verena V.
In this paper, we explore the potential of mobile robots with simulation-based internal models for safety in highly dynamic environments. We propose a robot with a simulation of itself, other dynamic actors and its environment, inside itself. Operating in real time, this simulation-based internal model is able to look ahead and predict the consequences of both the robot's own actions and those of the other dynamic actors in its vicinity. Hence, the robot continuously modifies its own actions in order to actively maintain its own safety while also achieving its goal. Inspired by the problem of how mobile robots could move quickly and safely through crowds of moving humans, we present experimental results which compare the performance of our internal simulation-based controller with a purely reactive approach as a proof-of-concept study for the practical use of simulation-based internal models.