By Rex Bernard DC Monteverde
On Friday, 28 September 2007 (11:00 am) at ICS-LH4

Abstract

Robot Motion Planning is a broad field which covers some areas in computer science and engineering. This field tries to solve navigation through an environment, manipulation of the environment and related problems. In this seminar will focus on the problem of navigation. There will be a discussion of the general problem of navigation followed by a discussion of the classification of the factors that can affect a given problem. These factors include work space, moving object type, obstacle type, motion type, solution techniques and application areas. Then, two specific algorithms will be discussed in the light of the given classifications. One which uses range queries from the current robot location to the destination and the other uses compass information to determine its position and help in its navigation. In closing, some possible improvements to the algorithms and implementation considerations will be presented in the seminar.

Author Biography

RBDC Monteverde is a member of the ICS Faculty.