Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Real-World Autonomous Mobile Robots
Papers from the 1992 Fall Symposium
Erann Gat and Marc Slack, Program Cochairs
Technical Report FS-92-02
Published by The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California
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Contents
Preface / 1
Erann Gat and Marc Slack
An Automata-based Approach to Robotic Map Learning / 1
Kenneth Basye
A Review of the First AAAI Robotics Competition / 5
Pete Bonasso & Thomas Dean
Map-making and Localization for Mobile Robots Using Shape Metrics / 10
Russell G. Brown, L. Paul Chew, Bruce R. Donald
From Virtual World to Reality: Designing an Autonomous Underwater Robot / 18
Don Brutzman
Becoming Knowingly Interactive with Sensors and Actuators| / 23
John Budenske & Maria Gini
Extending the Navigation Metaphor to Other Domains / 29
Jonathan H. Connell
Maps Considered As Adaptive Planning Resources / 36
Sean Engelson and Drew McDermott
On the Role of Theory in the Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots / 45
Erann Gat
An Integrated Experience-Based Approach to Navigational Path Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots / 50
Ashok Goel, Michael Donnellan, Nancy Vazquez & Tod Callantine
Visual Navigation in the Polly System / 62
Ian Horswill
Plan Recognition for Real-World Autonomous Robots: Work in Progress / 68
Marcus J. Huber and Edmound Durfee
Autonomous Robots and Temporal Reasoning / 76
A. Mete Kabakcioglu
Applying Computational Theories of Cognitive Mapping to Mobile Robots / 83
David Kortenkamp
The Semantic Hierarchy Approach to Robot Learning / 90
Benjamin Kuipers, Richard Froom, Wan-Yik Lee and David Pierce
Landmark-Based Robot Motion Planning / 98
Anthony Lazanas and Jean-Claude Lotombe
Controlling a Mobile Robot Herd: Theory and Practice / 104
Maja J. Mataric
Real Robots Eat Quiche (Or at Least Can Cook It) / 109
Dave Miller
A Case-Based Approach to Reactive Control of Autonomous Robots / 112
Kenneth Moorman and Ashwin Ram
Sensor Fusion: From Cognitive Theory to Robotic Architecture / 123
Robin R. Mulphy
Semi-autonomous Map-making and Navigation / 129
Karen L. Myers and Kurt Konolige
Schema Architecture for Multi-Agent Robotics / 134
Elizabeth Nitz
Modeling Uncertainties in Robot Motions / 137
Aleksandar Timcenko and Peter Allen
Multiple Vision Agents Observe Dynamically Changing World / 147
Saburo Tsuji and Hiroshi Ishiguro
Robot Navigation in a Known Environment with Unknown Moving Obstacles / 154
Steven Ratering and Maria Gini
Learning to Catch: Applying Nearest Neighbot Algorithms to Dynamic Control Tasks / 159
Steven Salzberg and David Aha
Trajectory Planning of Planar Tracked Vehicles / 167
Zvi Shiller and William Serate
Evolutionary Development of Mobile Robot Systems / 173
Reid Simmons
What Was/Is/Should be Path Planning / 179
Marc Slack
The Case for a Realistic Mobile Robot Simulator / 181
Mark C. Torrance
A New Realm of Artificial Intelligence Control for Real-World Autonomous Mobile Robotics: Behavior Based Autonomous Systems / 185
John B. Watson
Towards an Adaptable Robot Language / 191
Holly Yanco
A Fuzzy Logic Based Robot Navigation System / 195
John Yen and Nathan Pfluger
Control of Mobile Robots Using Anytime Computation / 200
Shlomo Zilberstein and Stuart Russell