TY - GEN
T1 - Comparing robot controllers through system identification
AU - Nehmzow, Ulrich
AU - Akanyeti, Otar
AU - Iglesias, Roberto
AU - Kyriacou, Theocharis
AU - Billings, S. A.
PY - 2006/9/30
Y1 - 2006/9/30
N2 - In mobile robotics, it is common to find different control programs designed to achieve a particular robot task. It is often necessary to compare the performance of such controllers. So far this is usually done qualitatively, because of a lack of quantitative behaviour analysis methods. In this paper we present a novel approach to compare robot control codes quantitatively, based on system identification. Using the NARMAX system identification process, we "translate" the original behaviour into a transparent, analysable mathematical model of the original behaviour. We then use statistical methods and sensitivity analysis to compare models quantitatively. We demonstrate our approach by comparing two different robot control programs, which were designed to drive a Magellan Pro robot through door-like openings.
AB - In mobile robotics, it is common to find different control programs designed to achieve a particular robot task. It is often necessary to compare the performance of such controllers. So far this is usually done qualitatively, because of a lack of quantitative behaviour analysis methods. In this paper we present a novel approach to compare robot control codes quantitatively, based on system identification. Using the NARMAX system identification process, we "translate" the original behaviour into a transparent, analysable mathematical model of the original behaviour. We then use statistical methods and sensitivity analysis to compare models quantitatively. We demonstrate our approach by comparing two different robot control programs, which were designed to drive a Magellan Pro robot through door-like openings.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33749665144&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/11840541_69
DO - 10.1007/11840541_69
M3 - Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
AN - SCOPUS:33749665144
SN - 3540386084
SN - 9783540386087
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 843
EP - 854
BT - 9th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2006, Proceedings
PB - Springer Nature
T2 - 9th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2006
Y2 - 25 September 2006 through 29 September 2006
ER -