Providing mobile robots with autonomous capabilities is advantageous. It allows one to
dispense with the intervention of human operators, which may prove beneficial in economic …

Robot navigation in the environment with obstacles is still a challenging problem. In this
paper, the navigation problems with wheeled mobile robots (WMRs) are reviewed, the …

In recent years, the use of electric Autonomous Wheeled Mobile Robots (AWMRs) has
dramatically increased in transport of the production chain. Generally, AWMRs must operate …

Motion control in dynamic environments is one of the most important problems in using
mobile robots in collaboration with humans and other robots. In this paper, the motion …

Abstract Autonomous Forklifts (AFs) play a vital role in smart factories, particularly in the
transportation of heavy loads. However, their energy consumption poses a significant …

This paper proposes a robust model predictive control (MPC) strategy for the trajectory
tracking control of a four-mecanum-wheeled omni-directional mobile robot (FM-OMR) under …

To improve the energy efficiency of a mobile robot, a novel energy modeling method for
mobile robots is proposed in this paper. The robot can calculate and predict energy …

The autonomous ground vehicles have attracted a great deal of attention as viable solutions
to a wide variety of military and civilian applications. However, the energy consumption …

In order to address the shortcomings of the traditional bidirectional RRT* algorithm, such as
its high degree of randomness, low search efficiency, and the many inflection points in the …

Energy autonomy is an important aspect that needs to be improved in order to increase
efficiency in mobile robotic tasks. Having accurate power models allows the estimation of …