Sphere world

A sphere world is a mathematical concept used in robotic motion planning. Essentially, if the environment is represented as a sphere, and the robot and obstacles within the environment are represented as spheres, then it is possible to construct navigation functions which create paths from a start position to a goal position. Although the real world is rarely composed of spheres, sphere worlds are still useful for motion planning, as they are topologically equivalent to star worlds.

See also

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, October 16, 2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.