Visual navigation and obstacle avoidance using a steering potential function

WH Huang, BR Fajen, JR Fink, WH Warren - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2006 - Elsevier
Humans have a remarkable ability to navigate using only vision, but mobile robots have not
been nearly as successful. We propose a new approach to vision-guided local navigation …

Smooth and efficient obstacle avoidance for a tour guide robot

R Philippsen, R Siegwart - 2003 IEEE International …, 2003 - research-collection.ethz.ch
We present the local path planning and obstacle avoidance method used on the
autonomous tour-guide robot RoboX. It has proven its value during a 5 month operation of …

Potential field method to navigate several mobile robots

SK Pradhan, DR Parhi, AK Panda, RK Behera - Applied Intelligence, 2006 - Springer
Navigation of mobile robots remains one of the most challenging functions to carry out.
Potential Field Method (PFM) is rapidly gaining popularity in navigation and obstacle …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated Planning and Control for Convex-bodied Nonholonomic Systems using Local Feedback Control Policies.

DC Conner, H Choset, AA Rizzi - Robotics: Science and Systems, 2006 - kilthub.cmu.edu
We present a method for defining a hybrid control system capable of simultaneously
addressing the global navigation and control problem for a convex-bodied wheeled mobile …

Nonholonomic motion planning using the fast marching square method

C Arismendi, D Álvarez, S Garrido… - International Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This research presents two novel approaches to nonholonomic motion planning. The
methodologies presented are based on the standard fast marching square path planning …

A purely reactive navigation scheme for dynamic environments using case-based reasoning

C Urdiales, EJ Perez, J Vázquez-Salceda… - Autonomous …, 2006 - Springer
This paper presents a new sonar based purely reactive navigation technique for mobile
platforms. The method relies on Case-Based Reasoning to adapt itself to any robot and …

Motion planning for tree climbing with inchworm‐like robots

TL Lam, Y Xu - Journal of Field Robotics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a global path‐and motion‐planning algorithm that enables inchworm‐
like robots to navigate their way up tree branches. The intuitive climbing space …

Motion planning for the virtual bronchoscopy

J Rosell, A Pérez, P Cabras… - 2012 IEEE International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bronchoscopy is an interventional medical procedure employed to analyze the interior side
of the human airways, clear possible obstructions and biopsy. Using a 3D reconstruction of …

An optimisation-based path planner for truck-trailer systems with driving direction changes

P Zips, M Böck, A Kugi - 2015 IEEE International Conference …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a path planning concept for trucks with trailers with kingpin hitching.
This system is nonholonomic, has no flat output and is not stable in backwards driving …

Path planning for autonomous car parking

L Lin, JJ Zhu - Dynamic Systems and Control …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The path planning problem for autonomous car parking has been widely studied. However,
it is challenging to design a path planner that can cope with parking in tight environment for …