Optimization and Systems Theory Seminar
Friday, May 31, 2002, 11.00-12.00, Room 3721, Lindstedtsvägen 25
Assistant
Professor Magnus Egerstedt
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
E-mail: magnus@ece.gatech.edu
Linguistic control of mobile robots
When humans give each other directions only tokenized, linguistic
instructions are used. In contrast to this, classic control theory
relies on the ability to specify a control action at each time
instant. In this talk, a linguistic control theory will be presented,
and the interactions between symbolic (computer generated)
instructions and mechanical devices will be given a hybrid
representation. A complexity measure will be defined on the input
strings that measures the number of bits needed for coding the
instruction. This measure furthermore serves as a novel tool for
studying optimal coding strategies, as well as sensor and actuator
selections for mobile robots.
Last update: May 15, 2002 by
Anders Forsgren,
anders.forsgren@math.kth.se.