A Dynamic Recursive Structure for Intelligent Exploration


      Tarek M. Sobh, Mohamed Dekhil, Chris Jaynes, and Thomas C.Henderson



 
                                UUCS-92-036

                               October, 1992


                       Department of Computer Science
                              University of Utah
                       Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA



                                  Abstract


We suggest a new approach for inspection and reverse
engineering applications. In particular, we investigate the use of
discrete event dynamic systems (DEDS) to guide and control the active
exploration and sensing of mechanical parts for industrial inspection
and reverse engineering. We introduce dynamic recursive finite state
machines (DRFSM) as a new DEDS tool for utilizing the recursive nature of
the mechanical parts under consideration. The proposed framework 
uses DRFSM DEDS for constructing an observer for exploration and
inspection purposes.






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This work was supported in part by DARPA grant N00014-91-J-4123 and NSF grant
CDA 9024721.  All opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed
in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
views of the sponsoring agencies.