A hybrid of probabilistic roadmaps and bidirectional A* search produced shorter paths and faster planning times than Dijkstra ...

Whenever I explain that work, I end up explaining the same thing first: where path planning sits in an autonomous system, and why it's harder than "find the shortest route." This is that explanation, ...

A MATLAB simulation combining Theta* planning, potential field avoidance, Pure Pursuit tracking and LIDAR mapping reached the goal in nine of thirteen cluttered-environment trials, while ablation ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Most of you have used a navigation app like Google Maps for your travels at some point. These apps rely on algorithms that compute shortest paths through vast networks. Now imagine scaling that task ...