Global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field method

Abstract An artificial potential field method based on global path guidance (G‐APF) is proposed for target unreachability and local minima problems of the conventional artificial potential field (APF) method in complex environments with dynamic obstacles. First, for the target unreachability problem...

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Main Authors: Yangde Chen, Peiliang Wang, Zichen Lin, Chenhao Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-03-01
Series:IET Cyber-systems and Robotics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/csy2.12082
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author Yangde Chen
Peiliang Wang
Zichen Lin
Chenhao Sun
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Peiliang Wang
Zichen Lin
Chenhao Sun
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description Abstract An artificial potential field method based on global path guidance (G‐APF) is proposed for target unreachability and local minima problems of the conventional artificial potential field (APF) method in complex environments with dynamic obstacles. First, for the target unreachability problem, the global path attraction is added to the APF; second, an obstacle detection optimisation method is proposed and the optimal virtual target point is selected by setting the evaluation function to improve the local minima problem; finally, based on the obstacle detection optimisation method, the gravitational and repulsive processes are improved so that the path can pass through the narrow channel smoothly and remain collision‐free. Experiments show that the method optimises 40.8% of the total path corners, reduces 81.8% of the number of path oscillations, and shortens 4.3% of the path length in Map 1. It can be applied to the vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning problem in complex environments with dynamic obstacles.
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spelling doaj.art-7ab299a1ff8840ceb8c111c767ac1aff2023-03-27T11:38:33ZengWileyIET Cyber-systems and Robotics2631-63152023-03-0151n/an/a10.1049/csy2.12082Global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field methodYangde Chen0Peiliang Wang1Zichen Lin2Chenhao Sun3School of Engineering Huzhou University Huzhou Zhejiang ChinaSchool of Engineering Huzhou University Huzhou Zhejiang ChinaSchool of Engineering Huzhou University Huzhou Zhejiang ChinaSchool of Engineering Huzhou University Huzhou Zhejiang ChinaAbstract An artificial potential field method based on global path guidance (G‐APF) is proposed for target unreachability and local minima problems of the conventional artificial potential field (APF) method in complex environments with dynamic obstacles. First, for the target unreachability problem, the global path attraction is added to the APF; second, an obstacle detection optimisation method is proposed and the optimal virtual target point is selected by setting the evaluation function to improve the local minima problem; finally, based on the obstacle detection optimisation method, the gravitational and repulsive processes are improved so that the path can pass through the narrow channel smoothly and remain collision‐free. Experiments show that the method optimises 40.8% of the total path corners, reduces 81.8% of the number of path oscillations, and shortens 4.3% of the path length in Map 1. It can be applied to the vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning problem in complex environments with dynamic obstacles.https://doi.org/10.1049/csy2.12082automatic guided vehiclesobstacle avoidancepath planning
spellingShingle Yangde Chen
Peiliang Wang
Zichen Lin
Chenhao Sun
Global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field method
IET Cyber-systems and Robotics
automatic guided vehicles
obstacle avoidance
path planning
title Global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field method
title_full Global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field method
title_fullStr Global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field method
title_full_unstemmed Global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field method
title_short Global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field method
title_sort global path guided vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning with artificial potential field method
topic automatic guided vehicles
obstacle avoidance
path planning
url https://doi.org/10.1049/csy2.12082
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