Title: Path planning for EOD robots

Authors: Qiang Yin; Zhichao Xiong; Guoquan Zhang

Addresses: College of Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430048, China ' College of Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430048, China ' College of Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430048, China

Abstract: EOD robot plays a vital role in a dangerous mission, and path planning is an important research content as the technical field of EOD robot, which could make the EOD robot avoid obstacles correctly and perform the detonation task according to given instructions and environmental information. Path planning is an important part of the autonomous mobile robot. Its task is to find a collision free path from the initial state to the target state according to certain evaluation criteria in the environment with obstacles. The path planning technology can be divided into two main categories: the traditional path planning method and the intelligent path planning method. The article reviews a variety of traditional methods and multiple intelligent planning methods and their applicable fields, and compares the advantages and disadvantages of various methods. With the development of current situation and existing problems of path planning, planning for the future path of EOD robot research emphasis and development trend is summarised.

Keywords: EOD robot; path planning; artificial potential field; bionic algorithm.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2018.096005

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2018 Vol.15 No.3, pp.223 - 230

Received: 07 Jul 2018
Accepted: 03 Aug 2018
Published online: 06 Nov 2018 *

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