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April 2009 Calendar

CS Masters' Thesis Defense

Title: Fuzzy Logic Decision Making For An Intelligent Cooperative Team of Security Robots
Speaker: Matthew Cross
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: GMCS 555
Thesis advisor: Dr Mahmoud Tarokh

Abstract:
Intelligent robot teams capable of autonomous decision-making in dynamic environments offer potential to assist or replace humans working in hazardous conditions or at times of danger. Maintaining security in environments such as warehoused, factories, and laboratories is one application. The purpose of this project is to implement an intelligent team of security robots that through fuzzy logic permits each team member to autonomously and independently decide how to maintain security in a cooperative manner.

Robot decision-making through fuzzy logic for this project considers aspects of the robot environment such as team size and the presence or absence of an intruder and aspects of the robot internal state such as time spent in an activity and battery life. Through decision-making each robot determines the appropriate activity to engage in from among patrolling, inspecting, chasing intruders and guarding so as to satisfy not only its own needs and limitations but also to achieve the overall goal of the mission.

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