Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "Path Planning"
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Development of New Global Optimization Algorithms Using Stochastic Level Set Method with Application in: Topology Optimization, Path Planning and Image Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-20)A unique mathematical tool is developed to deal with global optimization of a set of engineering problems. These include image processing, mechanical topology optimization, and optimal path planning in a variational ... -
Minimizing Turns in Single and Multi Robot Coverage Path Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-20)Spurred by declining costs of robotics, automation is becoming a prevalent area of interest for many industries. In some cases, it even makes economic sense to use a team of robots to achieve a goal faster. In this thesis ... -
Multi-objective Mapping and Path Planning using Visual SLAM and Object Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Path planning of the autonomous robots is one of the crucial tasks that need to be achieved for mobile robots to navigate through the environment intelligently. The robot paths are typically planned utilizing map that ... -
A Potential Field-Based Model Predictive Path-Planning Controller for Autonomous Road Vehicles
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016-09-26)Artificial potential fields and optimal controllers are two common methods for path planning of autonomous vehicles. An artificial potential field method is capable of assigning different potential functions to different ... -
Robotic Path Planning for High-Level Tasks in Discrete Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-10)This thesis proposes two techniques for solving high-level multi-robot motion planning problems with discrete environments. We focus on an important class of problems that require an allocation of spatially distributed ...