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The Topological complexity a la Farber $\text{TC}(-)$ is a homotopy invariant which have interesting applications in Robotics, specifically, in the robot motion planning problem. In this work we calculate the topological complexity of the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Cesar A. Ipanaque Zapata

We design a motion planning algorithm to coordinate the movements of two robots along a figure eight track, in such a way that no collisions occur. We use a topological approach to robot motion planning that relates instabilities in motion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Cristian Jardon , Brian Sheppard , Veet Zaveri

It has been observed that the very important motion planning problem of robotics mathematically speaking boils down to the problem of finding a section to the path-space fibration, raising the notion of topological complexity, as introduced…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Eric Goubault , Michael Farber , Aurélien Sagnier

We study the topological complexity of work maps with respect to some subspaces of the configuration space and a workspace considered as the target set of the motion of robots. The motivation is to optimize and reduce the number of motion…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-09-15 Seyed Abolfazl Aghili , Hanieh Mirebrahimi , Ameneh Babaee

In this paper we introduce and study a new concept of parametrised topological complexity, a topological invariant motivated by the motion planning problem of robotics. In the parametrised setting, a motion planning algorithm has high…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-09-10 Daniel C. Cohen , Michael Farber , Shmuel Weinberger

In this paper we generalize the discrete r-homotopy to the discrete (s, r)-homotopy. Then by this notion, we introduce the discrete motion planning for robots which can move discreetly. Moreover, in this case the number of motion planning,…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Hadi Hassanzada , Hamid Torabi , Hanieh Mirebrahimi , Ameneh Babaee

Manifolds occur naturally as configuration spaces of robotic systems. They provide global descriptions of local coordinate systems that are common tools in expressing positions of robots. The purpose of this survey is threefold. Firstly, we…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-02-13 Stephan Mescher

In a recent publication (D. Govc, W. Marzantowicz, P. Pavesic, Estimates of covering type and the number of vertices of minimal triangulations, Discr. Comp. Geom. 63 (2019), 31-48) we have introduced a new method, based on the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Dejan Govc , Waclaw Marzantowicz , Petar Pavesic

Let X be a subcomplex of the standard CW-decomposition of the n-dimensional torus. We exhibit an explicit optimal motion planning algorithm for X. This construction is used to calculate the topological complexity of complements of general…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-12-31 Daniel C. Cohen , Goderdzi Pruidze

Topological complexity $\TC{B}$ of a space $B$ is introduced by M. Farber to measure how much complex the space is, which is first considered on a configuration space of a motion planning of a robot arm. We also consider a stronger version…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2012-02-28 Norio Iwase , Michihiro Sakai

We establish sharp upper bounds for the topological complexity of motion planning problem in spaces with small fundamental group, i.e. when it is finite of small order or has small cohomological dimension.

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2008-06-26 Armindo Costa , Michael Farber

In this paper, we investigate discrete topological complexity $TC(K)$ introduced for situations where the configuration space possesses a simplicial structure. %Simplicial complexes are well-known and commonly used in programming for…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Ameneh Babaee , Hanieh Mirebrahimi , Soheila Fahimi

We define a new version of Topological Complexity (TC) of a space, denoted as $\text{dTC}$, which, we think, fits better for motion planning for some autonomous systems. Like Topological complexity, \text{dTC} is also a homotopy invariant.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Alexander Dranishnikov , Ekansh Jauhari

Cohomology operations (including the cohomology ring) of a geometric object are finer algebraic invariants than the homology of it. In the literature, there exist various algorithms for computing the homology groups of simplicial complexes…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2012-06-21 Rocio Gonzalez-Diaz , Pedro Real

We introduce a bivariate version of topological complexity, $\mathrm{TC}(f,g)$, associated with two continuous maps $f\colon X\to Z$ and $g\colon Y\to Z$. This invariant measures the minimal number of continuous motion planning rules…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Jose Manuel Garcia Calcines , Jose Antonio Vilches Alarcon

We present a new approach to equivariant version of the topological complexity, called a symmetric topological complexity. It seems that the presented approach is more adequate for the analysis of an impact of symmetry on the the motion…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2015-06-12 Wojciech Lubawski , Wacław Marzantowicz

We study an elementary problem of the topological robotics: collective motion of a set of $n$ distinct particles which one has to move from an initial configuration to a final configuration, with the requirement that no collisions occur in…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael Farber , Sergey Yuzvinsky

In this paper we study paramertized motion planning algorithms which provide universal and flexible solutions to diverse motion planning problems. Such algorithms are intended to function under a variety of external conditions which are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-24 Michael Farber , Shmuel Weinberger

The Lusternik-Schnirelmann category $cat(X)$ is a homotopy invariant which is a numerical bound on the number of critical points of a smooth function on a manifold. Another similar invariant is the topological complexity $TC(X)$ (a la…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2019-01-29 Cesar A. Ipanaque Zapata

Topological complexity is a numerical homotopy invariant that measures the instability of motion planning in a space. To study the topological complexity of non-simply connected spaces, Costa and Farber introduced a cohomology class whose…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Yuki Minowa