Path planning for autonomous vehicles by trajectory smoothing using motion primitives

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1152-1168

  Bottasso, Carlo L ^a   Leonello, Domenico ^a   Savini, Barbara ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aircraft navigation; Mobile robots; Motion planning; Optimal control; Real time systems

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; MANEUVERABILITY; MOTION ESTIMATION; MOTION PLANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRAJECTORIES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES; VEHICLES;

AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CLOSED FORMS; FLIGHT ENVELOPE PROTECTIONS; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; MOTION PRIMITIVES; NON LINEARITIES; OPTIMAL CONTROL; PATH PLANNING; PLANNING STRATEGIES; TIME USING; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; VEHICLE MODELS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 55349087221     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2008.917870     Document Type: Article

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