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Sample-Based Planning with Volumes in Configuration Space

Robotics 2011-09-15 v1

Abstract

A simple sample-based planning method is presented which approximates connected regions of free space with volumes in Configuration space instead of points. The algorithm produces very sparse trees compared to point-based planning approaches, yet it maintains probabilistic completeness guarantees. The planner is shown to improve performance on a variety of planning problems, by focusing sampling on more challenging regions of a planning problem, including collision boundary areas such as narrow passages.

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@article{arxiv.1109.3145,
  title  = {Sample-Based Planning with Volumes in Configuration Space},
  author = {Alexander Shkolnik and Russ Tedrake},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.3145},
  year   = {2011}
}
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