A review of path-planning approaches for multiple mobile robots

S Lin, A Liu, J Wang, X Kong - Machines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Numerous path-planning studies have been conducted in past decades due to the
challenges of obtaining optimal solutions. This paper reviews multi-robot path-planning …

Path smoothing techniques in robot navigation: State-of-the-art, current and future challenges

A Ravankar, AA Ravankar, Y Kobayashi, Y Hoshino… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Robot navigation is an indispensable component of any mobile service robot. Many path
planning algorithms generate a path which has many sharp or angular turns. Such paths are …

HPPRM: hybrid potential based probabilistic roadmap algorithm for improved dynamic path planning of mobile robots

AA Ravankar, A Ravankar, T Emaru… - Ieee Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Path planning and navigation is a very important problem in robotics, especially for mobile
robots operating in complex environments. Sampling based planners such as the …

Autonomous and safe navigation of mobile robots in vineyard with smooth collision avoidance

A Ravankar, AA Ravankar, A Rawankar, Y Hoshino - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, autonomous robots have extensively been used to automate several
vineyard tasks. Autonomous navigation is an indispensable component of such field robots …

Minimum-time trajectory generation for wheeled mobile systems using Bézier curves with constraints on velocity, acceleration and jerk

M Benko Loknar, G Klančar, S Blažič - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper considers the problem of minimum-time smooth trajectory planning for wheeled
mobile robots. The smooth path is defined by several Bézier curves and the calculated …

Symbiotic navigation in multi-robot systems with remote obstacle knowledge sharing

A Ravankar, AA Ravankar, Y Kobayashi, T Emaru - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
Large scale operational areas often require multiple service robots for coverage and task
parallelism. In such scenarios, each robot keeps its individual map of the environment and …

[HTML][HTML] The use of hybrid intuitive class shape transformation curves in aerodynamic design

R Christie, M Robinson, F Tejero… - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The inherent mathematical smoothness of intuitive class shape transformation (iCST) curves
has been shown to be suitable for the design of aerodynamic shapes. However, this …

Visual application of navigation framework in cyber-physical system for mobile robot to prevent disease

TP Nguyen, H Nguyen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we propose the visual application of a navigation framework for a wheeled
robot to disinfect surfaces. Since dynamic environments are complicated, advanced sensors …

A hybrid topological map** and navigation method for large area robot map**

AA Ravankar, A Ravankar, T Emaru… - 2017 56th annual …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a hybrid topological map** and navigation method for mobile
robots. The proposed method combines metric and topological information to create map …

[HTML][HTML] An Innovative STEAM-Based Method for Teaching Cycloidal Curves in Engineering Higher Education

S Szilágyi, A Körei, I Vaičiulyté - Education Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Robotics offers innovative possibilities at all levels of education, which should be considered
when planning the teaching process for certain engineering mathematics topics in higher …