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6 October 1998 Sensor fusion for the navigation of an autonomous guided vehicle using neural networks
Jin Cao, Ernest L. Hall
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Abstract
A sensor fusion method for navigation of an Autonomous Guided Vehicle robot using Artificial Neural Network is described. Robot navigation is defined as the guiding of a mobile robot to a desired destination or along a desired path in an environment characterized by a terrain and a set of distinct objects, such as obstacles and landmarks. The low-level sensor fusion technique is used for direct integration of sensor data, resulting in parameter and state estimates. The multi-layered perceptron, with a single hidden layer in neural network structure, and the back- propagation algorithm are employed for the mobile robot's navigation and for obstacle avoidance. The significance of this work lies in the development of a new estimation method for mobile robot obstacle avoidance and guidance.
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Jin Cao and Ernest L. Hall "Sensor fusion for the navigation of an autonomous guided vehicle using neural networks", Proc. SPIE 3522, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XVII: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, (6 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.325774
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KEYWORDS
Sensors

Neural networks

Mobile robots

Sensor fusion

Control systems

Computer programming

Ultrasonics

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