Title
Homotopy-Aware RRT*: Toward Human-Robot Topological Path-Planning.
Abstract
An important problem in human-robot interaction is for a human to be able to tell the robot go to a particular location with instructions on how to get there or what to avoid on the way. This paper provides a solution to problems where the human wants the robot not only to optimize some objective but also to honor "soft" or "hard" topological constraints, i.e. "go quickly from A to B while avoiding C". The paper presents the HARRT* (homotopy-aware RRT*) algorithm, which is a computationally scalable algorithm that a robot can use to plan optimal paths subject to the information provided by the human. The paper provides a theoretic justification for the key property of the algorithm, proposes a heuristic for RRT*, and uses a set of simulation case studies of the resulting algorithm to make a case for why these properties are compatible with the requirements of human-robot interactive path-planning.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/HRI.2016.7451763
HRI
Keywords
Field
DocType
homotopy-aware RRT* algorithm,human-robot topological path planning,human-robot interaction,soft topological constraints,hard topological constraints,HARRT* algorithm
Motion planning,Topology,Heuristic,Simulation,Computer science,Scalable algorithms,Artificial intelligence,Homotopy,Robot,Human–robot interaction,Goto
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2167-2121
978-1-4673-8370-7
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.45
13
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daqing Yi1154.31
Michael A. Goodrich21738171.30
Kevin D. Seppi333541.46