Potential fields is popular technique in autonomous robotics. The Electric Field Technique is such a technique used for high level robot control. The technique was developed by Team Sweden for use in RoboCup 2000, a soccer competition for mobile robots. This project explains several improvements that has been made while preparing for RoboCup 2001. The [...]
Integrating actions of perception to the electric field approach
The Electric Field Approach, EFA, is a heuristic for behavior selection for autonomous robot control. This thesis deals with the problem of using the EFA as a heuristics for the perceptive behaviors. The integration is done by extending the EFA with having three electric fields and each having its own probes and charges. The extended [...]
Machine learning in simulated RoboCup
An implementation of the Electric Field Approach applied to the simulated RoboCup is presented, together with a demonstration of a learning system. Results are presented from the optimization of the Electric Field parameters in a limited situation, using the learning system. Learning techniques used in contemporary RoboCup research are also described including a brief presentation [...]