AUTHOR=Castellón A. , Larrubia G. , Castillo R. , Castro-Tirado A. J. , Fernández-García E. , Pérez del Pulgar C. , Reina A. , Castillo-Carrión S. 

TITLE=Dome control with fuzzy logic

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.924871

DOI=10.3389/fspas.2022.924871

ISSN=2296-987X

ABSTRACT=<p>This article describes a fuzzy logic-based method optimized for the dome control of a robotic astronomical observatory. A Mamdani inference has been developed in order to make the decision to open or close the dome. The input variables are obtained from data received from a weather station besides the percentage of cloudy sky as derived by two allsky cameras. The software has been tested at the BOOTES-1 observatory as part of the BOOTES Global Network of Robotic Telescopes led by IAA-CSIC.</p>