Reinforcement learning (RL) is the problem faced by a controller that must learn and improve behavior through trial-and-error interactions with a dynamic environment. It is completely an on-line procedure and thus requires no model of the plant nor of the environment. Hence, it seems ideal for vehicle control where uncertainty abounds in terms of the ever-changing vehicle dynamics during its co...

It is believed that the lateral line found in most fish and some other aquatic organisms plays an important role in many behaviors by providing hydrodynamic information about the surrounding fluid. In this paper, a lateral line inspired underwater vehicle control design is proposed with a feedforward element from pressure sensor arrays; the goal of this research is to improve maneuvering accura...

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is controlled by an embedded system that works autonomously by following commands stored in an internal computer. An UAV contains elements that may vary according to the domain application. Thus, such elements might be managed by the Software Product Line (PL) approach. UAVs and PLs use different tools for managing their specifications and models. Therefore, thi...

This paper deals with the implementation of a power line communication system for vehicle (VPLC) using ETTUS platforms combined with GNU Radio environment. This flexible platform allows many configurations of the PHY and MAC layers of the PLC system. They can be tested in a real PLC environment, indoor or in-vehicle. In conjunction with ETTUS USRPs platform and daughter cards, the signal proces...

the vehicle driving comfort has become one of the important factors of vehicle quality and receives increasing attention. in this paper, optimal points of vehicle suspension parameters are generated using modified non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (nsga-ii) for pareto optimization of 5-degree of freedom vehicle vibration model considering three conflicting functions simultaneously. in thi...

injuries suffered in vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among children in many countries. prevention of injuries of children in raod accidents is still a challenge. the present lecture discuss the commonly injuried body regions in children involved in motor and non-motor vehicle traffic crashes. head, ribs and lung are commonly injured body regions among children under 8 yea...

A novel algorithm is presented in this paper for vehicle localisation and recognition under the ground-plane constraint. Unlike the vast majority of the existing modelbased object recognition schemes, the algorithm eliminates the need for explicit feature extraction and matching so that the computational cost is substantially lower. The algorithm is tested extensively with routine outdoor traff...

improvement in braking performance and vehicle stability can be achieved through the use of braking systems whose brake force distribution is variable. electronic braking force distribution has an important and serious role in the vehicle stopping distance and stability. in this paper a new approach will be presented to achieve the braking force distribution strategy for articulated vehicles. f...

The TerraMax vehicle is based on Oshkosh Truck’s Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement truck platform and was one of the five vehicles able to successfully reach the finish line of the 132 miles DARPA Grand Challenge desert race. Due to its size 30 000 pounds, 27 0 long, 8 4 wide, and 8 2 high and the narrow passages, TerraMax had to travel slowly, but its capabilities demonstrated the maturity o...