Self-protection Method for Flying Robots to Avoid Collision

This paper provides a new approach to solve the motion planning problems of flying robots in uncertain 3D dynamic environments. The robots controlled by this method can adaptively choose the fast way to avoid collision without information about the shapes and trajectories of obstacles. Based on sphere coordinates the new method accomplishes collision avoidance of flying robots without any other auxiliary positioning systems. The Self-protection System gives robots self-protection abilities to work in uncertain 3D dynamic environments. Simulations illustrate the validity of the proposed method.

• Guosheng Wu
• Luning Wang
• Changyuan Fan
• Xi Zhu

• Collision avoidance
• Mobile robots
• Motion-planning
• Sphere coordinates
• Self-protection.

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