[comp.robotics] collision avoidance

ctc@eng.cam.ac.uk (C.T. Chou) (03/07/91)

Dear all, 
	I am looking for some articles on the topic of collision avoidance
and path planning for robot arms or autonomous guided vehicle. Can someone 
tell me a few good references? 
	Thanks a lot,

C. Chou
ctc@uk.ac.cam.eng

ctc@eng.cam.ac.uk (C.T. Chou) (03/27/91)

I asked in the net a few weeks ago on where to obtain some references on 
collision avoidance. Thank you for all those who have responed to my message.
Here is a summary of what I have got. (As I was asking the question for 
someone, I didn't look up the references myself. What I have got here is 
edited from the messages which I received.)

engelson-sean@edu.yale.cs writes

Alberto Elfes, "Using Occupancy Grids for Mobile Robot Perception and Navigation," IEEE Computer 1989.

Ronald C. Arkin, "Path Planning for a Vision-based Autonomous Robot," U. Mass. at Amherst COINS Tech. Report 86-46.

Vladimir J. Lumelsky, "Dynamic Path Planning for a Planar Articulated Robot Arm Moving Amidst Unknown Obstacles," Automatica 23:5 1987.

Daniel E. Koditschek, "AUtonomous Mobile Robots Controlled by Navigation Functions," Second IEEE Int'l Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1989. 

Thomas.Vogel@uk.ac.cam.cl writes

Latombe in the March issue of IEEE Robotics and Automation,

jlc%fr.imag.lifia@net.eu.mcsun writes

"Collision Avoidance and Path Planning" in the Encyclopedia Of Artificial 
Intelligence, 1985 (Wiley)

ashvanee@ca.UAlberta.cs (Ashvanee Bissonauth)

IEEE Transactions on robotics and Automation is a very good source of 
information.

Thank you very much

C.T. Chou 
ctc@uk.ac.cam.eng