Development of a fuzzy logic controller for autonomous forest path navigation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 301-310

  Canning, J R ^a   Edwards, D B ^a   Anderson, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Environmental impact; Fire prevention; Forestry; Fuzzy logic; Robots

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; FUZZY CONTROL; ROBOTS; VEHICLES;

FOREST OPERATIONS; SHAFT ENCODERS;

AGRICULTURE;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; ROBOTICS;

EID: 2342612909     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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