A saliency-based reinforcement learning approach for a UAV to avoid flying obstacles

Z Ma, C Wang, Y Niu, X Wang, L Shen - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Obstacle avoidance is a necessary behavior to guarantee the safety of an unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV). However, it is a challenge for the UAV to detect and avoid high-speed flying …

Laser-based reactive navigation for multirotor aerial robots using deep reinforcement learning

C Sampedro, H Bavle… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Navigation in unknown indoor environments with fast collision avoidance capabilities is an
ongoing research topic. Traditional motion planning algorithms rely on precise maps of the …

egoteb: Egocentric, perception space navigation using timed-elastic-bands

JS Smith, R Xu, P Vela - 2020 IEEE International Conference …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The TEB hierarchical planner for real-time navigation through unknown environments is
highly effective at balancing collision avoidance with goal directed motion. Designed over …

Obstacle avoidance in dynamic environments based on velocity space optimization

J López, P Sanchez-Vilarino, MD Cacho… - Robotics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Robotic obstacle avoidance is an important issue in robotic navigation for unknown or
partially known, dynamic environments. A good number of techniques have already been …

Admissible gap navigation: A new collision avoidance approach

M Mujahed, D Fischer, B Mertsching - Robotics and autonomous systems, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new concept, the Admissible Gap (AG), for reactive collision
avoidance. A gap is called admissible if it is possible to find a collision-free motion control …

Boundary gap based reactive navigation in unknown environments

Z Gao, J Qin, S Wang, Y Wang - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the requirements for mobile robots to search or rescue in unknown environments,
reactive navigation which plays an essential role in these applications has attracted …

Gap based elastic trees as a novel approach for fast and reliable obstacle avoidance for UGVs

A Özdemir, SO Bogosyan - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents a novel approach to improve the online implementation performance of
existing obstacle avoidance and path planning methods for environments with no maps. The …

Robot navigation in unknown environment using fuzzy logic

N Kumar, M Takács, Z Vámossy - 2017 IEEE 15th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a Simulink model for the robot navigation in unknown environment is
presented. The robot navigation is handled by two controllers: pure pursuit and fuzzy logic …

Open-sector rapid-reactive collision avoidance: Application in aerial robot navigation through outdoor unstructured environments

JA Steiner, X He, JR Bourne, KK Leang - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2019 - Elsevier
A new reactive collision avoidance method for navigation of aerial robots (such as
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)) in unstructured urban/suburban environments is …

[HTML][HTML] A hybrid path-planning strategy for mobile robots with limited sensor capabilities

GCR de Oliveira, KB de Carvalho, AS Brandão - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper introduces a strategy for the path planning problem for platforms with limited
sensor and processing capabilities. The proposed algorithm does not require any prior …