Building a knowledge base for autonomous control of unmanned vehicles

This article presents an approach to building and using a knowledge base for autonomous control of unmanned vehicles (UV). Agriculture is presented as a subject area which features and limitations must be considered. The lack of a sufficient number and level of qualifications of machine operator leads to equipment downtime, a decrease in crop yields and the efficiency of using chemical fertilizers. The use of UV makes it possible to reduce the influence of these factors and the harmful effects on people working in agriculture. The article focuses on taking into account the features and limitations of the subject area when constructing the trajectory of unmanned vehicles and controlling processing facilities. An approach is proposed that consists of separate stages of designing a knowledge base schema, automating the process of filling the knowledge base and organizing the logical inference function. For each stage, developed models and algorithms are presented that help to form and use a knowledge base when solving the problem of autonomous control of unmanned vehicles. The article contains examples and illustrations designed to increase the clarity of the proposed approach.