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This paper presents an evaluation of several types of expert systems in automatic object recognition for robotic manipulators, using ultrasound. In fact, rule-based expert systems and probabilistic expert systems have been compared in a calculation of prismatic body orientation and object shape recognition. Furthermore, both types of expert systems were used to distinguish different piece shapes and to detect object position in a real scenario using a robotic manipulator. Information for the automatic recognition system is provided to the expert system by means of the ultrasonic signal coming back from the illuminated object, which is captured by only one receiver placed on the robot grip. Subsequently, in order to reduce the number of parameters to work with, a parametric method for characterisation of this signal is presented. This has been done by calculating several geometric parameters from the signal envelope. Afterwards, a study of the probability distribution function for each parameter provides the necessary information for the expert system to carry out the distinction between the different objects of interest. In this way, it permits the establishment of a comparison among different expert system types for automatic shape recognition using ultrasounds.
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Llata, J., Sarabia, E. & Oria, J. Evaluation of expert systems for automatic shape recognition by ultrasound. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 13, 177–188 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015782721916
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