Intelligent control & navigation of mobile robots

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The main objective of this research is to investigate and develop intelligent control and navigational architectures for mobile robots to operate autonomously and cooperatively with humans and other mobile agents in applications where the operational environment is dynamic and subjected to changing conditions. Industrial application includes open-pit mining, agriculture, forestry, service robots, highway maintenance and construction, where robots are required to deal with dynamic and changing environments during operations. Fully automated and intelligent robot navigation would allow better utilization of time and resources resulting in higher productivity for many industrial applications. The machineries (or mobile equipment) operating under dynamic conditions generally require skilled operators and in most cases they work in complex environments where the surroundings are subjected to unexpected changes. This research aims at developing control and navigational techniques that are relevant for autonomous operation of multi-agent systems.