An underactuated nonholonomic robot with a bounded control input travels with a constant speed in a 3D workspace. An unknown time variant scalar field is defined on this workspace. The robot should detect, locate, and densely sweep a moving and deforming 2D isosurface (level set), which is the locus of points where the field takes a given value. The sensory data consist of the value of the field at the current location, robot's coordinate along a certain (typically, vertical) space direction, and the orientation of this direction relative to the robot. We offer a new navigation law under which the robot reaches the targeted isosurface from an occasional initial location and then scans the part of this surface in between two given 'altitudes'. This law does not rely on estimation of the field gradient and is undemanding in terms of motion and computation. Its convergence is demonstrated by a mathematically rigorous result and computer simulation tests.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 22nd International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC 2018 - Proceedings
EditorsRazvan Solea, Marian Barbu, Adrian Filipescu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages670-676
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781538644447
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Nov 2018
Event22nd International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC 2018 - Sinaia, Romania
Duration: 10 Oct 201812 Oct 2018

Publication series

Name2018 22nd International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC 2018 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC 2018
Country/TerritoryRomania
CitySinaia
Period10/10/1812/10/18

    Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Control and Optimization
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

    Research areas

  • Mobile robots, sensor based 3D navigation, tracking environmental level sets

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