Hardware/software codesign for a fuzzy autonomous road-following system

  • Authors:
  • Yi Fu;Howard Li;Mary E. Kaye

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this research, a fuzzy logic controller is designed for vision-based autonomous road-following. Because of its high-speed response, portability, and flexibility, a field programmable gate array is applied to implement this control system. Furthermore, a novel hardware/software partitioning method using the genetic algorithm is developed. This method is capable of finding the tradeoff among several evaluation factors under conditions of hard constraints. A small-scaled intelligent vehicle, which is capable of autonomous road-following is built and the proposed controller is tested in the real-world environment. Experiments of hardware implementation and codesign implementation are presented and compared.