Expert system controller for backing-up a truck-trailer system in a constrained space

Author

Parra-Loera, Ramón ; Corelis, David J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

3-5 Aug 1994

Firstpage

1357

Abstract

An expert system based controller that is capable of backing-up a radio controlled toy truck-trailer to a desired loading dock in a constrained space is presented. The truck-trailer system is allowed to manoeuvre forward and backwards in the constrained space (parking lot) as necessary to accomplish its goal. This is an actual implementation in contrast to several other computer simulations reported in the literature. The experimental setup consists of a radio controlled toy truck-trailer, a personal computer (IBM PC 486), a digital to radio frequency (RF) command interface, and a vision system. Experimental results of the system are also included

Keywords

computerised control; entertainment; expert systems; hobby computing; microcomputer applications; position control; radio applications; telecontrol; IBM PC 486; constrained space; digital to RF command interface; docking position; expert system controller; personal computer; radio controlled toy; toy truck-trailer system; toy vehicle backing-up; vision system; Computer simulation; Control systems; Expert systems; Humans; Machine vision; Mathematical model; Microcomputers; Process control; Radio control; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1994., Proceedings of the 37th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lafayette, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2428-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1994.519060

Filename

519060