Construction of Fuzzy Map for Autonomous Mobile Robots Based on Fuzzy Confidence Model

Jung-Fu Hou, Yau-Zen Chang, Ming-Hsi Hsu, Shih-Tseng Lee and Chieh-Tsai Wu

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2014, vol. 2014, 1-8

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This paper presents the use of fuzzy models to explicitly consider sensor uncertainty and finite resolution in solving the SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) problem for autonomous mobile robots. The approach establishes fuzzy confidence models in describing occupied obstacles and available space. The problem is transformed into an optimization task of minimizing the alignment error between newly scanned local fuzzy maps and selected parts of a developing global fuzzy map. In aligning local fuzzy maps into a global fuzzy map, we developed a prediction strategy to crop the most potential part from the sensed local fuzzy maps to be overlapped with the global fuzzy map. A mobile vehicle equipped with a laser range finder, the Hokuyo URG-04LX, is used to demonstrate the procedure of fuzzy map building. Experimental results show that the proposed architecture is effective in generating a comprehensive global fuzzy map, which is suitable for both human comprehension and path design during real-time navigation.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1155/2014/526781

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