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Reactive navigation in dynamic environment using a multisensor predictor

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A reactive navigation system for an autonomous mobile robot in unstructured dynamic environments is presented and the predicted obstacle configuration is employed by the proposed virtual force based navigation method to prevent collision with moving obstacles.
Abstract
A reactive navigation system for an autonomous mobile robot in unstructured dynamic environments is presented. The motion of moving obstacles is estimated for robot motion planning and obstacle avoidance. A multisensor-based obstacle predictor is utilized to obtain obstacle-motion information. Sensory data from a CCD camera and multiple ultrasonic range finders are combined to predict obstacle positions at the next sampling instant. A neural network, which is trained off-line, provides the desired prediction on-line in real time. The predicted obstacle configuration is employed by the proposed virtual force based navigation method to prevent collision with moving obstacles. Simulation results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed navigation system in an environment with multiple mobile robots or moving objects. This system was implemented and tested on an experimental mobile robot at our laboratory. Navigation results in real environment are presented and analyzed.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present heuristic methods for motion planning in dynamic environments, based on the concept of Velocity Obstacle (VO), which is a heuristic method for motion prediction in a dynamic environment.