Comparing harmonic functions and potential fields in the trajectory control of mobile robots

2004 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 762-767

  Faria, Gedson ^a   Romero, Roseli A F ^a   Prestes, Edson ^b   Idiart, Marco A P ^c  

^a SCE ICMC USP   (Brazil)

^b UNILASALLE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MOTION PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; TRAJECTORIES;

HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; MOTOR-SCHEMA ARCHITECTURE; RELAXATION ALGORITHMS; TRAJECTORY CONTROL; PATH PLANNING TECHNIQUES; VIRTUAL FIELD HISTOGRAM (VHF);

MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 11244281371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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