Plenary Lecture
Advanced Control Techniques using Virtual, Intelligent and Mobile Robots Research Environment
Professor Luige Vladareanu
Head of Robotics and Mechatronics Department
Romanian Academy, Institute of Solid Mechanics Bucharest, Romania
E-mail: luigiv@arexim.ro
Abstract: Intelligent robot networks remotely controlled by humans are set to play an ever-increasing role in society, for example, in hazardous, or challenging environments, where human lives might be at risk. This is why these autonomous systems should be capable of continuous learning, so that to provide support in a reliable, safe and trust-worthy manner when natural disasters, fires or other calamities do occur. The Virtual, Intelligent, and Mobile Robots Research ENvironment (VIMRo), developed as a new component on the IT market, allows researchers in robotics, IT, electronics, mechatronics, social science and humanities etc. to design, test, and experiment intelligent, real time control methods integrating classical control system in robot modeling and simulation. Starting from the virtual projection method, known as the Vladareanu-Munteanu method, the representation of modern mobile robots in 3D virtual environment, using robotic simulator, and involving the sequence of modeling mechanical structure for the rescue robot (RABOT), novel adaptive autonomous hybrid legged - wheeled mobile robot, developing artificial cognitive system for human interaction and building an open architecture system and adaptive networks over the classic system of the robot are presented. The intelligent control interfaces with advanced control technologies adapted to robot environment are analyzed using the 3D mapping of the environment and human adaptive mechatronics intelligent control interfaces, the online cooperative 3D SLAM intelligent control interface, Robot Neutrosophic Control intelligent control by Vladareanu-Smarandache method and extended control through the Extenics control logic. The obtained results lead to the conclusion that the strongest point of VIMRo, which was implemented on the Versatile Intelligent Portable Robot Platform VIPRO, is the unlimited power to design, test, experiment the real time control methods integrating the classical control system in robot modeling and simulation for all types of service robots, rescue robots, industrial robots.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Luige Vladareanu received Ph.D. degree in electronics field from the Institute of Solid Mechanics of Romanian Academy, in 1998. From 2003, Ministry of Education and Research, executive Department for Financing Superior Education and of Scientific University Research - High Level Expert Consulting for MEC/CNCSIS project, from 2003-2005, member of Engineering Science Committee of Romanian National Research Council, from 2005, Scientific Researcher Gr.I (Professor) of Romanian Academy, from 2009 Head of Robotics and Mechatronics Department of Institute of Solid Mechanics, Romanian Academy. His scientific work is focused on real time control in solid mechanics applied in robot trajectory control, hybrid position – force control, multi-microprocessor systems for robot control, acquisition and processing of experimental physical data, experimental methods and signal processing, nano-micro manipulators, semi-active control of mechanical system vibrations, semi-active control of magnetorheological dissipaters systems, complex industrial automations with programmable logical controllers in distributed and decentralized structure. He has published over 35 books and book chapters, 11 edited books, over 200 papers in journals, proceedings and conferences in the areas. Director and coordinator of over 15 grants of international and national research – development programs in the last 5 years, 15 invention patents, developing 17 advanced work methods resulting from applicative research activities and more then 60 research projects.He is the winner of the two Prize and Gold of Excellence in Research 2000, SIR 2000, of the Romanian Government and the Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation. 9 International Invention and Innovation Competition Awardsand Gold of World’s Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva 2007 - 2009, and other 9 International Invention Awards and Gold of the Brussels, Zagreb, Bucharest International Exhibition. He received “TraianVuia” (2006) award of the Romanian Academy, Romania’s highest scientific research forum, for a group of scientific papers published in the real time control in the solid mechanics. He is aCorresponding Member of the American Romanian Academy and he is a member of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), Auburn University, USA (2006), ABI´s Research Board of Advisors, American Biographical Institute (2006), World Scientific and Engineering Academy Society, WSEAS (2005), International Association for Modelling and Simulation Techniques in Enterprises - AMSE, France (2004),National Research Council from Romania(2003-2005), etc. He is a PhD advisor in the field of mechanical engineering at the Romanian Academy.He was an organizer of several international conferences such as the General Chair of four WSEAS International Conferences (http://www.wseas.org/conferences/ 2008/romania/amta/index.html), chaired Plenary Lectures to Houston 2009, Harvard, Boston 2010 and Penang, Malaysia 2010, Paris 2011 to the WSEAS International Conferences, is team leader of WSEAS scientific research project: Mechanics & Robotics Systems and is serving on various other conferences and academic societies.