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A method of reactive control for 3D navigation of a nonholonomic robot in tunnel-like environments. / Matveev, Alexey S.; Magerkin, Valentin V.; Savkin, Andrey V.
In: Automatica, Vol. 114, 108831, 04.2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A method of reactive control for 3D navigation of a nonholonomic robot in tunnel-like environments
AU - Matveev, Alexey S.
AU - Magerkin, Valentin V.
AU - Savkin, Andrey V.
PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - A nonholonomic under-actuated robot with a bounded control range travels inside an unknown and unstructured 3D tunnel bounded by a generic 2D surface. The robot has access to the nearest point of the surface and measures the distance to the surface along any ray from a narrow beam emitted from the robot around the direction to the nearest point. We present a new navigation law that ensures constant advancement of the robot through the tunnel, along with respecting a given safety margin to its surface, driving the robot to the desired distance to it, and subsequently maintaining this distance. This law is reactive: it generates the current control as a reflex-like reaction to the current observation. Rigorous justification of the proposed guidance approach is provided; its applicability and performance are confirmed by computer simulation tests.
AB - A nonholonomic under-actuated robot with a bounded control range travels inside an unknown and unstructured 3D tunnel bounded by a generic 2D surface. The robot has access to the nearest point of the surface and measures the distance to the surface along any ray from a narrow beam emitted from the robot around the direction to the nearest point. We present a new navigation law that ensures constant advancement of the robot through the tunnel, along with respecting a given safety margin to its surface, driving the robot to the desired distance to it, and subsequently maintaining this distance. This law is reactive: it generates the current control as a reflex-like reaction to the current observation. Rigorous justification of the proposed guidance approach is provided; its applicability and performance are confirmed by computer simulation tests.
KW - Advancement through a tunnel
KW - Robot navigation
KW - Sensor based control
KW - Three-dimensional workspace
KW - DESIGN
KW - IN-PIPE INSPECTION
KW - VEHICLE
KW - AUTONOMOUS EXPLORATION
KW - GUIDANCE
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/46a26b94-eaea-3e1b-8d4d-d5806c57de4d/
U2 - 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.108831
DO - 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.108831
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078431641
VL - 114
JO - Automatica
JF - Automatica
SN - 0005-1098
M1 - 108831
ER -
ID: 52311449