Title
Mobile Robot Path Planning Using Hybrid Genetic Algorithm And Traversability Vectors Method
Abstract
The shortest/optimal path generation is essential for the efficient operation of a mobile robot. Recent advances in robotics and machine intelligence have led to the application of modern optimization method such as the genetic algorithm (GA), to solve the path-planning problem. However, the genetic algorithm path planning approach in the previous works requires a preprocessing step that captures the connectivity of the free-space in a concise representation. In this paper, GA path-planning approach is enhanced with feasible path detection mechanism based on traversability vectors method. This novel idea eliminates the need of free-space connectivity representation. The feasible path detection is performed concurrently while the GA performs the search for the shortest path. The performance of the proposed GA approach is tested on three different environments consisting of polygonal obstacles with increasing complexity. In all experiments, the GA has successfully detected the near-optimal feasible travelling path for mobile.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1080/10798587.2004.10642865
INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING
Keywords
Field
DocType
path planning, mobile robot, genetic algorithm, traversability vectors
Motion planning,Polygon,Shortest path problem,Computer science,Mobile robots path planning,Preprocessor,Artificial intelligence,Mobile robot,Robotics,Genetic algorithm,Machine learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
1
1079-8587
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.42
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chu Kiong Loo126256.58
Mandava Rajeswari28610.54
Eng Kiong Wong371.79
M. V. C. Rao431731.94