Fuzzy logic approach for a locomotion interface control

Author

Boboc, R.G. ; Moga, H. ; Talaba, D. ; Pana, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Automotive & Transp., “Transilvania” Univ., Brasov, Romania

fYear

2013

fDate

17-19 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of a new method for controlling the motors of a treadmill - based locomotion interface for navigation in Virtual Environments (VEs). Locomotion interfaces help users to travel in virtual worlds in a natural manner, providing a better sense of immersion than traditional interfaces. A Fuzzy Logic (FL) control was used in order to control the interface and the simulation are made in Matlab. Two types of control were designed, for the two motors of the device. The user´s feet are tracked with an optical system in order to get their positions, which will be inputs for the control module.

Keywords

fuzzy control; motion control; navigation; optical sensors; position measurement; tracking; virtual reality; Matlab; device motor; feet position; fuzzy logic approach; fuzzy logic control; immersion; locomotion interface control; navigation; optical system; treadmill motor control; user feet tracking; virtual environment; virtual world; DC motors; Foot; Fuzzy logic; Legged locomotion; MATLAB; Navigation; Virtual environments; fuzzy logic; fuzzy rules; locomotion interface; virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Roedunet International Conference (RoEduNet), 2013 11th

Conference_Location

Sinaia

ISSN

2068-1038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6114-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RoEduNet.2013.6511760

Filename

6511760