Intelligent control & navigation of mobile robots

本研究的主要目标是研究和开发移动机器人的智能控制和导航体系结构，使其能够在动态和不断变化的条件下与人类和其他移动代理进行自主和协作操作。工业应用包括露天采矿、农业、林业、服务机器人、高速公路养护和建筑，这些领域都需要机器人在操作过程中应对动态和变化的环境。全自动和智能机器人导航将允许更好地利用时间和资源，从而提高许多工业应用的生产力。在动态条件下运行的机械（或移动设备）通常需要熟练的操作员，并且在大多数情况下，它们在环境发生意外变化的复杂环境中工作。本研究旨在开发与多智能体系统自主操作相关的控制和导航技术。

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.