Title
Composition of local potential functions for global robot control and navigation
Abstract
Abstract, This paper develops a method of composing simple control policies, applicable over a limited region in a dynamical system's free space, such that the resulting composition completely solves the navigation and control problem for the given system operating in a constrained en-vironment. The resulting control policy deployment induces a global control policy that brings the system to the goal, provided that there is a single connected component of the free space containing both the start and goal configurations. In this paper, control policies for both kinematic and simple dynamical systems are developed. This work assumes that the initial velocities are somewhat aligned with the desired velocity vector field. We conclude by offering an outline of an approach for accommodating arbitrary dynamical constraints and initial conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/IROS.2003.1249705
IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
collision avoidance,mobile robots,navigation,robot dynamics,robot kinematics,control policy deployment,dynamical constraints,dynamical systems,global control policy,global robot control,global robot navigation,kinematic systems,potential functions composition,velocity vector field
Robot control,Kinematics,Inverse kinematics,Computer science,Control theory,Robot kinematics,Control engineering,Dynamical systems theory,Mobile robot navigation,Mobile robot,Dynamical system
Conference
Volume
ISBN
Citations 
4
0-7803-7860-1
69
PageRank 
References 
Authors
4.91
7
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Conner, D.C.1694.91
Alfred A. Rizzi21208179.03
Howie Choset32826257.12