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The ability to traverse an unknown environment is crucial for autonomous robot operations. However, due to the limited sensing capabilities and system constraints, approaching this problem with a single robot agent can be slow, costly, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-13 Friedrich M. Rockenbauer , Jaeyoung Lim , Marcus G. Müller , Roland Siegwart , Lukas Schmid

The paper presents an experimental study of resilient path planning for con-tinuum robots taking into account the multi-objective optimisation problem. To do this, we used two well-known algorithms, namely Genetic algorithm and A*…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Oxana Shamilyan , Ievgen Kabin , Zoya Dyka , Peter Langendoerfer

Even though mobile robots have been around for decades, trajectory optimization and continuous time collision avoidance remain subject of active research. Existing methods trade off between path quality, computational complexity, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-03 Tobias Schoels , Luigi Palmieri , Kai O. Arras , Moritz Diehl

We present a new method of learning a continuous occupancy field for use in robot navigation. Occupancy grid maps, or variants of, are possibly the most widely used and accepted method of building a map of a robot's environment. Various…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-21 Nicholas O'Dell , Christopher Renton , Adrian Wills

When robots operate in real-world off-road environments with unstructured terrains, the ability to adapt their navigational policy is critical for effective and safe navigation. However, off-road terrains introduce several challenges to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-29 Sriram Siva , Maggie Wigness , John G. Rogers , Long Quang , Hao Zhang

Path planning for a nonholonomic mobile robot is a challenging problem. This paper proposes a novel space adaptive search (SAS) approach that greatly reduces the computation cost of nonholonomic mobile robot path planning. The classic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Qi Wang

As a core part of autonomous driving systems, motion planning has received extensive attention from academia and industry. However, real-time trajectory planning capable of spatial-temporal joint optimization is challenged by nonholonomic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Zhichao Han , Yuwei Wu , Tong Li , Lu Zhang , Liuao Pei , Long Xu , Chengyang Li , Changjia Ma , Chao Xu , Shaojie Shen , Fei Gao

Motion planning for a multi-limbed climbing robot must consider the robot's posture, joint torques, and how it uses contact forces to interact with its environment. This paper focuses on motion planning for a robot that uses nontraditional…

Autonomous multi-robot optical inspection systems are increasingly applied for obtaining inline measurements in process monitoring and quality control. Numerous methods for path planning and robotic coordination have been developed for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Yinhua Liu , Wenzheng Zhao , Tim Lutz , Xiaowei Yue

This paper presents a novel on-line path planning method that enables aerial robots to interact with surfaces. We present a solution to the problem of finding trajectories that drive a robot towards a surface and move along it. Triangular…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Michael Pantic , Lionel Ott , Cesar Cadena , Roland Siegwart , Juan Nieto

This paper formally develops a novel hierarchical planning and control framework for robust payload transportation by quadrupedal robots, integrating a model predictive control (MPC) algorithm with a gradient-descent-based adaptive updating…

Path planning in dynamic environments is essential to high-risk applications such as unmanned aerial vehicles, self-driving cars, and autonomous underwater vehicles. In this paper, we generate collision-free trajectories for a robot within…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-30 Sourav Dutta , Tuan Tran , Banafsheh Rekabdar , Chinwe Ekenna

The problem of constrained coverage path planning involves a robot trying to cover maximum area of an environment under some constraints that appear as obstacles in the map. Out of the several coverage path planning methods, we consider…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-08-11 Ankit Manerikar , Debasmit Das , Pranay Banerjee

We propose a model for path-planning based on a single performance metric that accurately accounts for the the potential (spatially inhomogeneous) cost of breakdowns and repairs. These random breakdowns (or system faults) happen at a known,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-24 Marissa Gee , Alexander Vladimirsky

This paper presents a novel algorithm, based on model predictive control (MPC), for the optimal guidance of a launch vehicle upper stage. The proposed strategy not only maximizes the performance of the vehicle and its robustness to external…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-14 Boris Benedikter , Alessandro Zavoli , Guido Colasurdo , Simone Pizzurro , Enrico Cavallini

Walking motion planning based on Divergent Component of Motion (DCM) and Linear Inverted Pendulum Model (LIPM) is one of the alternatives that could be implemented to generate online humanoid robot gait trajectories. This algorithm requires…

Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) operate on battery power, making energy efficiency a critical consideration, particularly in outdoor environments where terrain variations affect energy consumption. While prior research has primarily focused…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Faiza Babakano , Ahmed Fahmin , Bojie Shen , Muhammad Aamir Cheema , Isma Farah Siddiqui

In this paper a search algorithm is proposed to find a sub optimal path for a non-holonomic system. For this purpose the algorithm starts sampling the front part of the vehicle and moves towards the destination with a cost function. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-12-21 Mahdi Morsali , Fatemeh Mohseni

Generating time-optimal, collision-free trajectories for autonomous mobile robots involves a fundamental trade-off between guaranteeing safety and managing computational complexity. State-of-the-art approaches formulate spline-based motion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Dries Dirckx , Jan Swevers , Wilm Decré

With the rapid development of the logistics industry, the path planning of logistics vehicles has become increasingly complex, requiring consideration of multiple constraints such as time windows, task sequencing, and motion smoothness.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Haopeng Zhao , Zhichao Ma , Lipeng Liu , Yang Wang , Zheyu Zhang , Hao Liu