The subjective nature of straight lines: shortest paths for mobile Robots
Speaker: Matthew T. Mason , Director, Robotics Institute
Date: November 8 2005
Time: 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Location: 32-D463 Star
Host: Daniela Rus, Robotics Center, MIT
Contact: Alise Kalemkiarian, 235-5817, alise@csail.mit.edu
Relevant URL: Abstract:
One way to define a straight line for a mobile robot is to
put a bound on the robot's velocity, and then solve for the
time-optimal paths using Pontryagin's maximum principle. Different
types of mobile robots yield different solutions, corresponding to
different notions of straight lines and distance. The resulting
robot-specific metrics are useful for motion planning.
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