Project Title:

Advanced Telerobotic Concepts Using Neural Networks

05.09-5959A
NAS8-38443
Advanced Telerobotic Concepts Using Neural
	Networks
Accurate Automation Corporation
	1548 Riverside Drive, Suite B
	Chattanooga, TN 37406
		Craig T. Harston
(615-622-4642)

Abstract:

	By applying neural network technology to telerobotics, this project will benefit
from some of the advances that are being done for autonomous robots. These concepts
will extend the capabilities of the human operator. The telerobotic controller will
be taught using backward shaping to improve its speed of learning and a capability
for association-based, sensor-data fusion will be added. The controller will be adapted
to have multiple joints controlled by hybrid neural networks. The project will see
if the neural network can improve performance for minimum jerk and minimum torque
criteria based upon the learning. These concepts should allow for control of multiple
joints or degrees of freedom in the robotic problem.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications: This project is applicable to various robotic,
control, and assembly applications and could be applied to avionics and process control
systems. It may provide a basis for long-term development of robust, effective autonomous
and semi-autonomous systems.