Abstract Target-Driven Semantic Navigation (TDSN) shows great potential to be applied in
intelligent domestic assistants supporting humans with daily activities. Although numerous …

Autonomous pedestrian-aware navigation in shared human-robot environments is a
challenging problem. Here we consider a common situation in which a large crowd of …

Due to demographic shifts and improvements in medical care, person navigation systems
(PNS) for people with disabilities are becoming increasingly important. So far, PNS have …

In this paper, an efficient motion planning approach with grid-based generalized Voronoi
diagrams (G VD) is newly proposed for mobile robots. Different from existing approaches …

As robots become increasingly common in human-populated environments, they must be
perceived as social beings and behave socially. People try to preserve their own space …

Mobile robots have become more and more popular in large-scale and crowded
environments, such as airports, shopping malls, etc. However, due to sparse landmarks and …

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in robots sharing workspace with
human operators, combining the speed and precision inherent to robots with human …

The navigation system is a key module in the future application of mobile robots and is
essential for the safety and robustness of mobile robot motion. Available navigation systems …

Due to demographic shifts and improvements in medical care, person navigation systems
(PNS) for people with disabilities are becoming increasingly important. So far, PNS have …