Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance Using Harmonic Potential Functions

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 338-349

  Kim, Jin Oh ^a   Khosla, Pradeep K ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROBOTS, INDUSTRIAL--MANIPULATORS;

HARMONIC POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS; REAL TIME OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0026883659     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.143352     Document Type: Article

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