Abdulghani M. Abdulghani, Mokhles M. Abdulghani, Wilbur L. Walters, Khalid H. Abed^*

Journal on Artificial Intelligence, Vol.5, pp. 1-14, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jai.2023.039786

Abstract Autonomous agents can explore the environment around them when equipped with advanced hardware and software systems that help intelligent agents minimize collisions. These systems are developed under the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety. AI safety is essential to provide reliable service to consumers in various fields such as military, education, healthcare, and automotive. This paper presents the design of an AI safety algorithm for safe autonomous navigation using Reinforcement Learning (RL). Machine Learning Agents Toolkit (ML-Agents) was used to train the agent with a proximal policy optimizer algorithm with an intrinsic curiosity module (PPO + ICM). This training aims to improve AI… More >

Chong Xu¹, Hao Zhu¹, Haotian Zhu², Jirong Wang¹, Qinghai Zhao^1,3,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.3, pp. 2567-2591, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.029152

Abstract A new and improved RRT^∗ algorithm has been developed to address the low efficiency of obstacle avoidance planning and long path distances in the electric vehicle automatic charging robot arm. This algorithm enables the robot to avoid obstacles, find the optimal path, and complete automatic charging docking. It maintains the global completeness and path optimality of the RRT algorithm while also improving the iteration speed and quality of generated paths in both 2D and 3D path planning. After finding the optimal path, the B-sample curve is used to optimize the rough path to create a smoother and more optimal path.… More > Graphic Abstract

Jing Xin^1,*, Kenan Du¹, Jiale Feng¹, Mao Shan²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.3, pp. 2621-2640, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.027467

Abstract This paper proposes an improved high-precision 3D semantic mapping method for indoor scenes using RGB-D images. The current semantic mapping algorithms suffer from low semantic annotation accuracy and insufficient real-time performance. To address these issues, we first adopt the Elastic Fusion algorithm to select key frames from indoor environment image sequences captured by the Kinect sensor and construct the indoor environment space model. Then, an indoor RGB-D image semantic segmentation network is proposed, which uses multi-scale feature fusion to quickly and accurately obtain object labeling information at the pixel level of the spatial point cloud model. Finally, Bayesian updating is… More >

Saeed M. Alshahrani¹, Jameel Almalki², Waleed Alshehri², Rashid Mehmood³, Marwan Albahar², Najlaa Jannah², Nayyar Ahmed Khan^1,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 1793-1817, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.039648

Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained popularity for the containment of COVID-19 pandemic applications. Several AI techniques provide efficient mechanisms for handling pandemic situations. AI methods, protocols, data sets, and various validation mechanisms empower the users towards proper decision-making and procedures to handle the situation. Despite so many tools, there still exist conditions in which AI must go a long way. To increase the adaptability and potential of these techniques, a combination of AI and Bigdata is currently gaining popularity. This paper surveys and analyzes the methods within the various computational paradigms used by different researchers and national governments, such as… More >

Qingsong Fan, Qijie Rao, Haisong Huang^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.2, pp. 1825-1848, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.028369

Abstract In present-day industrial settings, where robot arms perform tasks in an unstructured environment, there may exist numerous objects of various shapes scattered in random positions, making it challenging for a robot arm to precisely attain the ideal pose to grasp the object. To solve this problem, a multistage robotic arm flexible grasp detection method based on deep learning is proposed. This method first improves the Faster RCNN target detection model, which significantly improves the detection ability of the model for multiscale grasped objects in unstructured scenes. Then, a Squeeze-and-Excitation module is introduced to design a multitarget grasping pose generation network… More >

Ali A. Altalbe^1,2,*, Aamir Shahzad³, Muhammad Nasir Khan⁴

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 1569-1585, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.039124

Abstract The development of human-robot interaction has been continuously increasing for the last decades. Through this development, it has become simpler and safe interactions using a remotely controlled telepresence robot in an insecure and hazardous environment. The audio-video communication connection or data transmission stability has already been well handled by fast-growing technologies such as 5G and 6G. However, the design of the physical parameters, e.g., maneuverability, controllability, and stability, still needs attention. Therefore, the paper aims to present a systematic, controlled design and implementation of a telepresence mobile robot. The primary focus of this paper is to perform the computational analysis… More >

Hasan Han¹, Oguzcan Karadeniz¹, Tugba Dalyan^2,*, Elena Battini Sonmez², Baykal Sarioglu¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.1, pp. 1209-1224, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.030674

Abstract Robot companions will soon be part of our everyday life and students in the engineering faculty must be trained to design, build, and interact with them. The two affordable robots presented in this paper have been designed and constructed by two undergraduate students; one artificial agent is based on the Nvidia Jetson Nano development board and the other one on a remote computer system. Moreover, the robots have been refined with an empathetic system, to make them more user-friendly. Since automatic facial expression recognition skills is a necessary pre-processing step for acknowledging emotions, this paper tested different variations of Convolutional… More >

Mahmoud Mohamed^1,2,*, Bdereddin Abdul Samad^1,3, Fatih Anayi¹, Michael Packianather¹, Khalid Yahya⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.3, pp. 4681-4696, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035312

Abstract The Robogymnast is a highly complex, three-link system based on the triple-inverted pendulum and is modelled on the human example of a gymnast suspended by their hands from the high bar and executing larger and larger upswings to eventually rotate fully. The links of the Robogymnast correspond respectively to the arms, trunk, and lower limbs of the gymnast, and from its three joints, one is under passive operation, while the remaining two are powered. The passive top joint poses severe challenges in attaining the smooth movement control needed to operate the Robogymnast effectively. This study assesses four types of controllers… More >

Kyungmin Sim, Jeong Hyun Yi, Haehyun Cho^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 3257-3274, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.036695

Abstract Despite the advances in automated vulnerability detection approaches, security vulnerabilities caused by design flaws in software systems are continuously appearing in real-world systems. Such security design flaws can bring unrestricted and misimplemented behaviors of a system and can lead to fatal vulnerabilities such as remote code execution or sensitive data leakage. Therefore, it is an essential task to discover unrestricted and misimplemented behaviors of a system. However, it is a daunting task for security experts to discover such vulnerabilities in advance because it is time-consuming and error-prone to analyze the whole code in detail. Also, most of the existing vulnerability… More >

Onder Alparslan^*, Omer Cetin

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 3355-3370, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.035689

Abstract Unknown closed spaces are a big challenge for the navigation of robots since there are no global and pre-defined positioning options in the area. One of the simplest and most efficient algorithms, the artificial potential field algorithm (APF), may provide real-time navigation in those places but fall into local minimum in some cases. To overcome this problem and to present alternative escape routes for a robot, possible crossing points in buildings may be detected by using object detection and included in the path planning algorithm. This study utilized a proposed sensor fusion method and an improved object classification method for… More >