Bioinspired control architecture for human assisted navigation of mobile robotics

• Grant number: 13/01293-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2013
• End date: November 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science
• Principal Investigator: Humberto Ferasoli Filho
• Grantee: Caetano Mazzoni Ranieri
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências (FC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Bauru. Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project proposes the development of an interactive mobile robotics environment. In this system, a robot is controlled by its own behaviors or by human commands. The proposed software environment might be flexible, being able to be personalized, aiming to serve, for example, the development of educational, ludic, or therapy activities with children. For it, a control architecture will be investigated and implemented, focusing on the arbitration system between the robot's behavior and humans' commands. The system will be developed to work on smartphones embedded in small size mobile robots.(AU)