Intelligent control strategy for a mobile vehicle

In this paper recent research into operating an intelligent mobile vehicle (MV), developed in Prof. Sugisaka's laboratory at Oita University Japan, is presented. A complex control procedure, having a two-input and two-output fuzzy controller as kernel, is used. The inputs to the fuzzy controller are provided by a CCD camera which transforms information on special objects by using an image processor. The MV is able to track specified guideline types, search for an object in space and recognize a stimulant traffic signal. Results of laboratory testing are presented.