Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fujimura, Kikuo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
Series:Computer Science Workbench
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Dynamic environments
  • 1.2 Statement of the problem
  • 1.3 Scope of the monograph
  • 2 Background
  • 2.1 Stationary obstacles
  • 2.2 Dynamic obstacles
  • 2.3 Summary
  • 3 Time-Minimal Motion: Basics
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Accessibility graphs
  • 3.3 Planning and motion
  • 3.4 Time-minimal motion theorem
  • 3.5 Analysis
  • 3.6 Discussions
  • 3.7 Summary
  • 4 Time-Minimal Motion: Applications
  • 4.1 Concave obstacles
  • 4.2 Convex obstacles
  • 4.3 Start point and destination point
  • 4.4 Piecewise linear motion of the obstacles
  • 4.5 Nonlinear motion of the obstacles
  • 4.6 Splitting and merging obstacles
  • 4.7 Heuristics in dynamic domains
  • 4.8 Unexpected obstacles
  • 4.9 Summary
  • 5 Time-Minimal Motion: Generalizations
  • 5.1 Transient obstacles
  • 5.2 Moving obstacles in three dimensions
  • 5.3 Summary
  • 6 Constrained Motion
  • 6.1 Constraints on the motion of the robot
  • 6.2 Space representation
  • 6.3 Path search
  • 6.4 Simulation results
  • 6.5 Summary
  • 7 Multiple Mobile Agents
  • 7.1 Distributed approaches
  • 7.2 Mobile agents
  • 7.3 Simulation results
  • 7.4 Summary
  • 8 Conclusions
  • 8.1 Summary
  • 8.2 Open problems
  • References