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Navigation of a mobile robot by locally optimal trajectories

  • Kokou Djath (a1), Ali Siadet (a1), Michel Dufaut (a1) and Didier Wolf (a1)
    • Published online: 01 September 1999
Abstract

This paper proposes a navigation system for a non-holonomic mobile robot. The navigation is based on a “look and move” approach. The aim is to define intermediate points called sub-goals through which the robot must pass. This algorithm is particularly suitable for navigation in an unknown environment and obstacle avoidance. Between two successive sub-goals, a shortest path planning solution is adopted. We have adopted the “Dubins' car” because of the environment perception sensor, a 180° laser scanner. In order to minimize the calculation time, the theoretical results of shortest path are approximated by simple equations. The navigation algorithm proposed can be used either in a structured or unstructured environment. In this context the local map construction is based on the segmentation of a structured environment; so for an unstructured environment, a suitable algorithm must be used instead.

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Robotica
  • ISSN: 0263-5747
  • EISSN: 1469-8668
  • URL: /core/journals/robotica
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