VPH+: An enhanced vector polar histogram method for mobile robot obstacle avoidance

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2784-2788

  Jianwei, Gong ^a   Yulin, Duan ^a   Yiming, Man ^a   Guangming, Xiong ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Laser radar; Mobile robot; Obstacle avoidance

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST FUNCTIONS; MOBILE ROBOTS; OPTICAL RADAR;

ROBOT GOAL DIRECTION; VECTOR POLAR HISTOGRAM; VPH+;

VECTORS;

EID: 37049011395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2007.4304000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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