Navigation Functions with Time-varying Destination Manifolds in Star-worlds

IEEE Trans Robot. 2019 Feb;35(1):35-48. doi: 10.1109/TRO.2018.2875421. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

Abstract

This paper formally constructs navigation functions with time-varying destinations on star worlds. The construction is based on appropriate diffeomorphic transformations and extends an earlier sphere-world formulation. A new obstacle modeling method is also introduced, reducing analytical complexity, and offering unified expressions of common classes of n-dimensional obstacles. The method allows for dynamic target tracking, and is validated through simulations and experiments.

Keywords: Navigation functions; dynamic environments; moving goal; target tracking.