Title
Maneuverability strategy for assistive vehicles navigating within confined spaces
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Federal del Espíritu Santo
Publisher(s)
InTech Europe
Abstract
In this work, a path planning strategy for both a car-like and a unicycle type assistive vehicles is presented. The assistive vehicles are confined to restricted environments. The path planning strategy uses the environment information to generate a kinematically plausible path to be followed by the vehicle. The environment information is provided by a SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) algorithm implemented on the vehicles. The map generated by the SLAM algorithm compensates the lack of sensor at the back of the vehicles' chassis. A Monte Carlo-based technique is used to find the optimum path given the SLAM information. A visual and user-friendly interface enhances the user-vehicle communication allowing him/her to select a desired position and orientation (pose) that the vehicle should reach within the mapped environment. A trajectory controller drives the vehicle until it reaches a neighborhood of the desired pose. Several real-time experimental results within real environments are also shown herein.
Start page
62
End page
75
Volume
8
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería marina, naves
Robótica, Control automático
Subjects
DOI
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-80052433020
Source
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
ISSN of the container
17298806
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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