A New Gap Selection Strategy for Follow the Gap Method

Hosein Houshyari*, Volkan Sezer*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Obstacle avoidance methods guarantee the robot’s safety during the tracking of the planned path. Follow the Gap Method known (FGM) is a geometry-based obstacle avoidance method that continuously leads the robot to the goal point by selecting the largest gap existing around the robot. This approach calculates the heading angle by considering the distance to the closest obstacles, the angle to the goal, and the center of the gap. In this paper, a new procedure is developed to improve the gap selection in FGM, where the gaps are selected based on the prediction of gap changes during the time, considering the distance between the robot and obstacles in the future. In order to test the proposed methodology, Monte-Carlo simulations are used and the results are presented for comparison. The results demonstrate that the new procedure leads the robot to safer trajectories in comparison with classical FGM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)248-254
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research
Volume10
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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© 2021 Int. J. Mech. Eng. Rob. Res

Keywords

  • autonomous robots
  • dynamic obstacle
  • obstacle avoidance
  • path planning

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