Reactive navigation in real environments using partial center of area method

JR Álvarez-Sánchez, F de la Paz López… - Robotics and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Using inspiration from our perception on how humans select the path to walk in crowded
areas, a new method for reactive autonomous robot navigation is proposed. The method …

Repeated measures multiple comparison procedures applied to model selection in neural networks

E Guerrero Vázquez, A Yañez Escolano… - … -Inspired Applications of …, 2001 - Springer
One of the main research concern in neural networks is to find the appropriate network size
in order to minimize the trade-off between overfitting and poor approximation. In this paper …

Autonomous robot navigation by area centroid algorithm using depth cameras

FA Marín García, JM Cuadra Troncoso… - … Work-Conference on …, 2022 - Springer
This work tries to demonstrate how the use of depth map cameras has considerable
advantages compared to laser range measurements. As is known, the laser 2D can only see …

Reactive navigation and online slam in autonomous frontier-based exploration

R Arnau Prieto, JM Cuadra-Troncoso… - Natural and Artificial …, 2013 - Springer
This paper describes an autonomous exploration algorithm for mobile robots. The method
implements a frontier-based exploration strategy that relies on a reactive navigation system …

The centre of area method as a basic mechanism for representation and navigation

JRÁ Sánchez, JM Mira, F de la Paz López… - Robotics and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Potential methods and all their gradient-based derivations are extensively used in
autonomous robotics, primarily in association with reactive navigational strategies. In this …

Partial center of area method used for reactive autonomous robot navigation

JR Álvarez-Sánchez, F de la Paz Lépez… - … Applications in Artificial …, 2009 - Springer
A new method for reactive autonomous robot navigation using the center of area of detected
free space around the robot is described. The proposed method uses only part of detected …

Topological maps for robot's navigation: a conceptual approach

F de la Paz López, JR Álvarez-Sánchez - International Work-Conference …, 2001 - Springer
In this paper we present an example of incremental build up of a topological map to be used
by a mobile robot which is programmed for navigation tasks. For this purpose we will use the …

An analytical method for decomposing the external environment representation task for a robot with restricted sensory information

F de la Paz, JR Álvarez, J Mira - Autonomous Robotic Systems: Soft …, 2003 - Springer
The problem of modelling and reducing knowledge needed to build an internal
representation of the environment is still a milestone in robotics. This representation task is …

Mathematical foundations of the center of area method for robot navigation

F de la Paz López, JR Álvarez-Sánchez… - … Applications in Artificial …, 2009 - Springer
The objective of this paper is to develop further the idea of using potential fields for robot
navigation but changing to representation of free space instead of obstacles, because the …

Desarrollo de un sistema de visión para la conducción automática, aplicando el método del centro de áreas

F Aparicio Galisteo - 2010 - e-spacio.uned.es
El objetivo de este trabajo es la obtención de mecanismos que posibiliten la conducción
autónoma de un robot en situaciones reales. Para lograr cumplir una tarea tan ambiciosa …