Publication detail

Obstacle avoidance for non-point mobile robots

HONZÍK, B.

Original Title

Obstacle avoidance for non-point mobile robots

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The obstacle avoidance algorithm described in this paper is based on the generalized potential fields, which depend on robot's velocity as well as its position. Unlike classical potential fields, the robot is not repulsed by an obstacle if it is not moving toward it. The key problem when using generalized potentials is the computation of the time it would take to bring the robot moving with constant velocity to collision with the nearest obstacle in the given direction. It is easy for mobile robots with circular footprint, when orientation does not play a role. This paper presents new technique for computation of time remaining to the collision based on linear programming, which can be used in the case when robot's shape can not be approximated by a circle and rotational degree of freedom must be taken into account.

Key words in English

obstacle avoidance, generalized potential, mobile robot

Authors

HONZÍK, B.

RIV year

2003

Released

1. 1. 2000

Publisher

ARGESIM

Location

Vienna

ISBN

3-901608-15-X

Book

Proceedings of the IMACS Symposium on Mathematical Modelling

Pages from

887

Pages to

890

Pages count

4

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT6908,
  author="Bohumil {Honzík}",
  title="Obstacle avoidance for non-point mobile robots",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the IMACS Symposium on Mathematical Modelling",
  year="2000",
  pages="4",
  publisher="ARGESIM",
  address="Vienna",
  isbn="3-901608-15-X"
}