DocumentCode
2111623
Title
Real-time path planning using harmonic potentials in dynamic environments
Author
Feder, Hans Jacob S ; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E.
Author_Institution
Nonlinear Syst. Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
1997
fDate
20-25 Apr 1997
Firstpage
874
Abstract
Motivated by fluid analogies, artificial harmonic potentials can eliminate local minima problems in robot path planning. In this paper, simple analytical solutions to planar harmonic potentials are derived using tools from fluid mechanics, and are applied to two-dimensional planning among multiple moving obstacles. These closed-form solutions enable real-time computation to be readily achieved
Keywords
fluid dynamics; mobile robots; path planning; real-time systems; robot dynamics; 2D path planning; dynamic environments; fluid mechanics; harmonic potentials; mobile robots; planar harmonic potentials; real-time systems; Aerodynamics; Closed-form solution; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Jacobian matrices; Laplace equations; Nonlinear systems; Orbital robotics; Path planning; Robots;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robotics and Automation, 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3612-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ROBOT.1997.620144
Filename
620144
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