As mobile robots become more advanced, they also become easier to deploy in a wide range of real-world settings. One of the factors that will enable their large-scale implementation is their ability to autonomously move around .
October 14, 2022
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As mobile robots become more advanced, they also become easier to deploy in a wide range of real-world settings. One of the factors that will enable their large-scale implementation is their ability to autonomously move around within different types of environments.
So far, many mobile robots have achieved promising results in navigating simple environments, particularly those with a smooth floor or terrain. In the real-world, however, many environments, including industrial plants, some roads and natural environments, have uneven terrains, with holes or bumps in the ground, clutter and other obstacles.
Researchers at the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow have recently developed a new navigation system that could improve the ability of mobile robots to move on rough surfaces while also avoiding different types of obstacles. This system, presented in a paper pre-published on arXiv, could help to facilitate the deployment of robots in more complex and cluttered environments with uneven terrains.
« Safe navigation in uneven terrains is an important problem in robotic research, » Stepan Dergachev, Kirill Muravyev, and Konstantin Yakovlev wrote in their paper.
