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Steer angle fields: An approach to robust manoeuvring in cluttered, unknown environments

✍ Scribed by Rudolf Bauer; Wendelin Feiten; Gisbert Lawitzky


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
742 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0921-8890

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✦ Synopsis


In this paper a simple, robust and efficient method for local obstacle avoidance is described. It takes into account both the geometric and the kinematic properties of the robot in order to calculate allowed and forbidden steer angles.

The algorithm has been implemented and extensively tested on our mobile robot. Results have shown that the robot is able to operate robustly in unknown and unprepared in-door environments for extended periods.