Intelligent control & navigation of mobile robots

这项研究的主要目的是研究和开发智能控制和导航体系结构，使移动机器人能够在运行环境动态变化和条件变化的应用中与人类和其他移动代理自主和协作操作。工业应用包括露天采矿、农业、林业、服务机器人、公路维护和建筑，这些领域要求机器人在作业过程中处理动态和变化的环境。完全自动化和智能的机器人导航将允许更好地利用时间和资源，从而为许多工业应用带来更高的生产率。在动态条件下运行的机器(或移动设备)通常需要熟练的操作员，而且在大多数情况下，它们在复杂的环境中工作，其中环境发生了意想不到的变化。这项研究旨在开发与多智能体系统的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.