An Improved VFF Approach for Robot Path Planning in Unknown and Dynamic Environments

Robot path planning in unknown and dynamic environments is one of the hot topics in the field of robot control. The virtual force field (VFF) is an efficient path planning method for robot. However, there are some shortcomings of the traditional VFF based methods, such as the local minimum problem a...

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Main Authors: Jianjun Ni, Wenbo Wu, Jinrong Shen, Xinnan Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/461237