Download or read book Information driven Multi view Path Planning for Underwater Target Recognition written by Shin, Jane Shin and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By utilizing onboard sensors such as side-scan or forward-looking sonar, autonomous underwater robots can perform many useful tasks, such as exploring and searching for targets in underwater environments. In order to recognize and classify objects with high confidence, however, these mobile sensors must obtain multiple looks or "views" for each target using different positions and orientations that allow for a different interpretation based on local occlusions and environmental conditions. As a result, when tasked with classifying many targets, the mobile sensor must find the most efficient path through multiple configurations in an effort to reduce the cost and time required by each underwater mission. This dissertation presents a novel and general approach, referred to as informative multi-view planning (IMVP), that simultaneously determines the most informative sequence of views and the shortest path between them. The approach is demonstrated both in simulations and sea tests using an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) equipped with a side-scan sonar (SSS) and engaged in underwater multi-target classification. Both simulation and experimental results show that IMVP achieves excellent classification performance while reducing the total time required by the mission by up to half the time required by state-of-the-art multi-view path planning methods. One reason is that IMVP utilizes knowledge of the automatic target recognition (ATR) algorithm, as well as prior measurements, in order to determine the most informative views. Additionally, by using knowledge of the target location and field-of-view (FOV) geometry, IMVP is able to find the shortest path between them by solving a traveling salesman problem with neighborhoods (TSPN). In this dissertation, a novel physics-inspired algorithm based on Lin-Kernighan heuristic (LKH) is developed for searching for the optimal TSPN path for multiple non-disjoint neighborhoods. It is shown that the LKH algorithm is able to decrease the computational complexity of TSPN solutions by leveraging the intersections of valuable neighborhoods using computational geometry constructs known as coverage cones. When compared to state-of-the-art TSPN algorithms, the proposed method is able to find shorter paths with either comparable or reduced computation. The advantages of the LKH algorithm are found to become more significant as the number of intersecting neighborhoods increases, thus also allowing the mobile sensor to observe multiple targets from a single configuration.
Download or read book A POMDP Approach to Underwater Robot Path Planning for Multi view Multi target Classification written by Quanxing Lu and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis presents an approach of classifying multiple targets of interest in minimum time with satisfactory confidence by an imaging sensor on an underwater robot. The overall goal is achieved by sequentially solving a single target classification problem and a global target ordering problem. First, a multi-view single-target classification algorithm is developed based on the POMDP framework, which incorporates a deep convolutional neural network and a support vector machine as the observation model. The classification algorithm allows the underwater robot to adaptively select its next configuration state near the target of interest in order to maximize the increase of classification confidence. Next, a traveling salesman algorithm is used to generate the global target visiting order. Simulation results of an unmanned underwater vehicle equipped with a side-scan sonar validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm and demonstrates the ability to find significantly shorter path for multi-view based multi-target classification.
Download or read book Information Driven Planning and Control written by Silvia Ferrari and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unified framework for developing planning and control algorithms for active sensing, with examples of applications for specific sensor technologies. Active sensor systems, increasingly deployed in such applications as unmanned vehicles, mobile robots, and environmental monitoring, are characterized by a high degree of autonomy, reconfigurability, and redundancy. This book is the first to offer a unified framework for the development of planning and control algorithms for active sensing, with examples of applications for a range of specific sensor technologies. The methods presented can be characterized as information-driven because their goal is to optimize the value of information, rather than to optimize traditional guidance and navigation objectives.
Download or read book Principles of Robot Motion written by Howie Choset and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005-05-20 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A text that makes the mathematical underpinnings of robot motion accessible and relates low-level details of implementation to high-level algorithmic concepts. Robot motion planning has become a major focus of robotics. Research findings can be applied not only to robotics but to planning routes on circuit boards, directing digital actors in computer graphics, robot-assisted surgery and medicine, and in novel areas such as drug design and protein folding. This text reflects the great advances that have taken place in the last ten years, including sensor-based planning, probabalistic planning, localization and mapping, and motion planning for dynamic and nonholonomic systems. Its presentation makes the mathematical underpinnings of robot motion accessible to students of computer science and engineering, rleating low-level implementation details to high-level algorithmic concepts.
Download or read book Underwater Multi dimensional Path Planning for the Naval Postgraduate School Autonomous Underwater Vehicle II written by Joseph Bonsignore and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snake Robots written by Pål Liljebäck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snake Robots is a novel treatment of theoretical and practical topics related to snake robots: robotic mechanisms designed to move like biological snakes and able to operate in challenging environments in which human presence is either undesirable or impossible. Future applications of such robots include search and rescue, inspection and maintenance, and subsea operations. Locomotion in unstructured environments is a focus for this book. The text targets the disparate muddle of approaches to modelling, development and control of snake robots in current literature, giving a unified presentation of recent research results on snake robot locomotion to increase the reader’s basic understanding of these mechanisms and their motion dynamics and clarify the state of the art in the field. The book is a complete treatment of snake robotics, with topics ranging from mathematical modelling techniques, through mechatronic design and implementation, to control design strategies. The development of two snake robots is described and both are used to provide experimental validation of many of the theoretical results. Snake Robots is written in a clear and easily understandable manner which makes the material accessible by specialists in the field and non-experts alike. Numerous illustrative figures and images help readers to visualize the material. The book is particularly useful to new researchers taking on a topic related to snake robots because it provides an extensive overview of the snake robot literature and also represents a suitable starting point for research in this area.
Download or read book 2018 3rd International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics ICARM written by IEEE Staff and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICARM provides a forum for researchers, educators, engineers, and government officials involved in the general areas of mechatronics, robotics, automation and sensors to disseminate their latest research results and exchange views on the future research directions of these fields
Download or read book Undersea Vehicles and National Needs written by Committee on Undersea Vehicles and National Needs and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-12-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States faces decisions requiring information about the oceans in vastly expanded scales of time and space and from oceanic sectors not accessible with the suite of tools now used by scientists and engineers. Advances in guidance and control, communications, sensors, and other technologies for undersea vehicles can provide an opportunity to understand the oceans' influence on the energy and chemical balance that sustains humankind and to manage and deliver resources from and beneath the sea. This book assesses the state of undersea vehicle technology and opportunities for vehicle applications in science and industry. It provides guidance about vehicle subsystem development priorities and describes how national research can be focused most effectively.
Download or read book Vehicle Manipulator Systems written by Pål Johan From and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Furthering the aim of reducing human exposure to hazardous environments, this monograph presents a detailed study of the modeling and control of vehicle-manipulator systems. The text shows how complex interactions can be performed at remote locations using systems that combine the manipulability of robotic manipulators with the ability of mobile robots to locomote over large areas. The first part studies the kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies and standard robotic manipulators and can be used as an introduction to robotics focussing on robust mathematical modeling. The monograph then moves on to study vehicle-manipulator systems in great detail with emphasis on combining two different configuration spaces in a mathematically sound way. Robustness of these systems is extremely important and Modeling and Control of Vehicle-manipulator Systems effectively represents the dynamic equations using a mathematically robust framework. Several tools from Lie theory and differential geometry are used to obtain globally valid representations of the dynamic equations of vehicle-manipulator systems. The specific characteristics of several different types of vehicle-manipulator systems are included and the various application areas of these systems are discussed in detail. For underwater robots buoyancy and gravity, drag forces, added mass properties, and ocean currents are considered. For space robotics the effects of free fall environments and the strong dynamic coupling between the spacecraft and the manipulator are discussed. For wheeled robots wheel kinematics and non-holonomic motion is treated, and finally the inertial forces are included for robots mounted on a forced moving base. Modeling and Control of Vehicle-manipulator Systems will be of interest to researchers and engineers studying and working on many applications of robotics: underwater, space, personal assistance, and mobile manipulation in general, all of which have similarities in the equations required for modeling and control.
Download or read book Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms written by Xinjie Yu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary algorithms are becoming increasingly attractive across various disciplines, such as operations research, computer science, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, social science and economics. Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms presents an insightful, comprehensive, and up-to-date treatment of evolutionary algorithms. It covers such hot topics as: • genetic algorithms, • differential evolution, • swarm intelligence, and • artificial immune systems. The reader is introduced to a range of applications, as Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms demonstrates how to model real world problems, how to encode and decode individuals, and how to design effective search operators according to the chromosome structures with examples of constraint optimization, multiobjective optimization, combinatorial optimization, and supervised/unsupervised learning. This emphasis on practical applications will benefit all students, whether they choose to continue their academic career or to enter a particular industry. Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms is intended as a textbook or self-study material for both advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Additional features such as recommended further reading and ideas for research projects combine to form an accessible and interesting pedagogical approach to this widely used discipline.
Download or read book OCEANS 2016 MTS IEEE Monterey written by IEEE Staff and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Marine Technology Scociety and the Oceanic Engineering Society of the IEEE cosponor a joint annual conference and exposition on ocean science, engineering, and policy The OCEANS conference covers four days One day for tutorials and three for approx 500 technical papers and 150 200 exhibits
Download or read book Navigation and Control of Autonomous Marine Vehicles written by Sanjay Sharma and published by Institution of Engineering and Technology. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robotic marine vessels can be used for a wide range of purposes, including defence, marine science, offshore energy and hydrographic surveys, and environmental surveys and protection. Such vessels need to meet a variety of criteria: they must be able to operate in salt water, and to communicate and be controlled over large distances, even when submerged or in inclement weather. Further challenges include 3D navigation of individual vehicles, groups or squadrons. This book covers the current state of research in navigation, modelling and control of marine autonomous vehicles, and deals with various related topics, including collision avoidance, communication, and a range of applications. It provides valuable insights for an audience of researchers, academics and postgraduate students interested in autonomous marine vessels, robotics, and electrical and automobile engineering.
Download or read book Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underwater Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Autonomous Horizons written by Greg Zacharias and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Greg Zacharias, former Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force (2015-18), explores next steps in autonomous systems (AS) development, fielding, and training. Rapid advances in AS development and artificial intelligence (AI) research will change how we think about machines, whether they are individual vehicle platforms or networked enterprises. The payoff will be considerable, affording the US military significant protection for aviators, greater effectiveness in employment, and unlimited opportunities for novel and disruptive concepts of operations. Autonomous Horizons: The Way Forward identifies issues and makes recommendations for the Air Force to take full advantage of this transformational technology.
Download or read book IEE Proceedings written by Institution of Electrical Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indexes IEE proceedings parts A through I
Download or read book Artificial Intelligence Robotics and Automation in Space written by Centre national d'études spatiales (France) and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision written by Richard Hartley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A basic problem in computer vision is to understand the structure of a real world scene given several images of it. Techniques for solving this problem are taken from projective geometry and photogrammetry. Here, the authors cover the geometric principles and their algebraic representation in terms of camera projection matrices, the fundamental matrix and the trifocal tensor. The theory and methods of computation of these entities are discussed with real examples, as is their use in the reconstruction of scenes from multiple images. The new edition features an extended introduction covering the key ideas in the book (which itself has been updated with additional examples and appendices) and significant new results which have appeared since the first edition. Comprehensive background material is provided, so readers familiar with linear algebra and basic numerical methods can understand the projective geometry and estimation algorithms presented, and implement the algorithms directly from the book.
