Adaptive behavior arbitration for mobile service robots in building automation

Abstract

In several application fields e.g.control networks and robotics, there is a trend towards installation and integration of massive amounts of sensors.With the increasing complexity of these systems new concepts in decision making for automation control become necessary.This thesis describes special issues of a functional model for automation control in order to improve autonomous behavior of a technical system.The model is based on functional theories of the human mind described by psychoanalysis and cognitive science.Unlike approaches based on simulation of intelligent behaviors, this thesis tries to focus on the certain internal functions of the human mind of which intelligent behavior may emerge.