WaiterBot: Comparison of Fuzzy Logic Approaches for Obstacle Avoidance in Dynamic Unmapped Environments Using a Laser Scanning System (LiDAR)

摘要

Fuzzy logic is a control technique commonly applied in mobile robotics. This paper contains the analysis of three implementations of control systems for obstacle avoidance of a mobile robot. The simulation environment simulate situations with both fixed and dynamic obstacles - like people walking - aiming to compare the fuzzy control approach most suitable to avoid different kinds of obstacles. The analyzed approaches differ by segmenting the sensor data (provided by a LiDAR sensor) into three regions, five regions or by considering only the position of the nearest obstacle. The three approaches were tested in scenarios containing different obstacles and in a simulation where the robot delivers to tables in a dynamic environment, simulating a social event as an application example of a waiter robot.