Optimal trajectory planning of wheeled mobile manipulators in cluttered environments using potential functions

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1138-1147

  Korayem, M H ^a   Nazemizadeh, M ^a   Azimirad, V ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cluttered environments; Enclosed ellipsoid; Mobile manipulators; Optimal trajectory planning; Potential functions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MANIPULATORS; TRAJECTORIES;

CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; ENCLOSED ELLIPSOID; MOBILE MANIPULATOR; OPTIMAL TRAJECTORY PLANNING; POTENTIAL FUNCTION;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 84856708747     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scient.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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