Applications of Neural Networks in Mobile Robots Navigation
Professor Virgil Tiponut
Applied Electronic Department,
Electronic and Telecommunications Faculty,
“Politehnica” University of Timisoara,
B-dul Vasile Pârvan 2, 300223 Timişoara,
ROMANIA
E-mail: virgil.tiponut@yahoo.com
Co-Authors:
A. Gacsadi, I. Gavrilut
Abstract: Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and in particular cellular
Neural Networks (CNN) are valuable tools, widely used today in autonomous
mobile robot navigation. Obstacles detection in unknown working environment,
path finding and trajectory planning, mobile robot collectivities cooperation,
are the main applications where ANN and CNN have successfully proved their
huge potential. In the present paper, original results in all the above
mentioned fields will be presented. In the first part of the paper, a solution
using ANN for obstacles detection in unstructured environment, bioinspired
from the echo locator of the bats, is presented. The rest of the paper is
entirely devoted to applications implemented using CNN. Different methods for
path finding to the target and trajectory planning, for a single robot and
mobile robot collectivities, are analyzed and the obtained results are
reported.
Brief
Biography of the Speaker:
Prof.
Virgil TIPONUT received the M.Sc. in 1968, in Electrical Engineering/Computer
Science, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering and
Telecommunications, in 1981, both at the POLITEHNICA University of Timisoara,
Romania. Since graduation he is with POLITEHNICA University of Timisoara and
curently he is a professor at Electronic and Telecommunication Faculty,
responsable for teaching in embedded systems, smart transducers and neural
networks.
His research interests include bioinspired systems, with application in mobile
and rehabilitation robotics and some closed related areas: smart transducers,
neural networks and fuzzy logic, biomedical engineering, embedded systems. He
has published more than 100 papers in national and international Journals and
Conference Proceedings, authored 10 books and 10 text books, and holds 21
patents. He conducted more than 25 research and development projects, grants
and contracts in the field of embedded systems, robotics and smart
transducers.
Prof. Tiponut has been involved in setting up national and international
conferences as a reviewer and/or member of organizing committee or board of
sections. He was a visiting professor at universities from USA, Germany,
Ireland and Schotland.
He is a member of the IEEE Society (CAS, EMB, RA), WSEAS Society, member of
the Society of Electronic Engineers from Romania and corresponding member of
the Academy of Technical Science from Romania.
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