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 is an indispensable component of any mobile service robot. Many path
planning algorithms generate a path which has many sharp or angular turns. Such paths are …

The second edition of a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of mobile robotics, from
algorithms to mechanisms. Mobile robots range from the Mars Pathfinder mission's …

The classic" elastic band" deforms a path generated by a global planner with respect to the
shortest path length while avoiding contact with obstacles. It does not take any dynamic …

This paper presents a novel generic formulation of Timed-Elastic-Bands for efficient online
motion planning of car-like robots. The planning problem is defined in terms of a finite …

A vehicle and trailer display system is disclosed. The display system includes a plurality of
imaging devices disposed on the vehicle, each having a field of view. The display system …

In this paper, a knowledge based genetic algorithm (GA) for path planning of a mobile robot
is proposed, which uses problem-specific genetic algorithms for robot path planning instead …

An efficient and analytical continuous-curvature path-smoothing algorithm, which fits an
ordered sequence of waypoints generated by an obstacle-avoidance path planner, is …

The “timed elastic band” approach optimizes robot trajectories by subsequent modification of
an initial trajectory generated by a global planner. The objectives considered in the …

Mobile robots did not wait to know that they were nonholonomic to plan and execute their
motions autonomously. It is interesting to notice that the first navigation systems have been …