A non-holonomic robot travels with a constant speed in an unknown planar scene populated with arbitrarily shaped obstacles. There is an unknown scalar field in the plane. The robot measures only the (minimum) distance to the obstacles and the field value. We present a novel navigation law that drives the robot through the obstacles-free part of the plane to the curve (isoline) where the field assumes a pre-specified value, and then ensures tracking of the obstacles-free part of the isoline. This law does not attempt on estimation of the field gradient and is non-demanding with respect to computation and motion, exhibiting a fairly regular behavior. The performance of this law is justified by a rigorous global convergence result and is confirmed by computer simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuropean Control Conference 2020, ECC 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1897-1902
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783907144015
StatePublished - May 2020
Event19th European Control Conference, ECC 2020 - Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 12 May 202015 May 2020
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Publication series

NameEuropean Control Conference 2020, ECC 2020

Conference

Conference19th European Control Conference, ECC 2020
Abbreviated titleECC
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySaint Petersburg
Period12/05/2015/05/20
Internet address

    Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Control and Optimization

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