This paper presents a set of paths, called bi-elementary paths. These paths are smooth and feasible for a car-like robot (i.e. their tangent direction is continuous and they respect a minimum turning radius constraint), and they can be followed by a real vehicle without stopping (i.e. they have a continuous curvature proole) | which is not the case of Dubins' curves. These paths are composed of...

The Cycab robot is a new mobile platform already used in several research labs and meant to diierent applications such as public transportation in airport terminals , self-service cars in pedestrian zones, etc. From a kinematic point of view, the Cycab speciity is the turning of its rear wheels as a linear function of the steering angle of the front wheels. This feature enhances the maneuverabi...

We present a framework for representing scenarios with complex object interactions, in which a robot cannot directly interact with the object it wishes to control, but must instead do so via intermediate objects. For example, a robot learning to drive a car can only indirectly change its pose, by rotating the steering wheel. We formalize such complex interactions as chains of Markov decision pr...

The paper introduces a complete offline programming toolbox for remote laser welding (RLW) which provides a semi-automated method for computing close-to-optimal robot programs. A workflow is proposed for the complete planning process, and new models and algorithms are presented for solving the optimization problems related to each step of the workflow: the sequencing of the welding tasks, path ...

For centuries, the idea of the robot (or automota as it was generally known) has always been intriguing. The possibility of bringing an artificial device created by man to “life” continues to drive the imagination, from films and novels, to engineering and scientific laboratories. Core to the original coining of the term “robot” (from Karl Capek’s 1923 play “Rossum’s Universal Robots”) is a str...

This paper reports on an empirical study concerning the use of LEGO Mindstorms Robotics kit as an instructional tool in technical and vocational secondary education. In particular, a robot car was developed and programmed in order to be utilized in teaching classes in the field of Mechanical Engineering. The paper describes the rationale for that construction and the robot car itself and propos...

| This paper addresses Dynamic Trajectory Planning, which is deened as Motion Planning for a robot A moving in a dynamic workspace W, i.e. with moving obstacles. Besides A is subject both to kinematic constraints and dynamic constraints. We consider the case of a car-like robot A with bounded velocity and acceleration, moving in a dynamic workspace W = IR 2. Our approach is an extension to the ...

Due to the limitation of a system platform, in the process of the intelligent robots research, many graphics and image processing algorithms which designed for intelligent robots can only be emulated in the PC, but the practical effect of these algorithms can not be tested in a real robot platform. Build a wireless remote control car system as an experimental platform can solve this problem. We...

Abstract A robot-car is typically an electro-mechanical system driven by electronic programming and computer programming. It can be managed Android smartphone APP. The remote buttons in the android app have been created this paper monitoring motion of car with them, using Bluetooth communication for controller interfaces. attached via UART to module. robot controlled according commands obtained...