Shortest Path Planning for a Tethered Robot or an Anchored Cable

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  • Patrick G. Xavier
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We consider the problem of planning shortest paths for a tethered robot with a finite length tether in a 2D environment with polygonal obstacles. We present an algorithm that runs in time O((kl +l)2rL4) and finds the shortest path or correctly determines that none exists that obeys the constraints;here n is the numberobstaclevertices,and kl is the numberloops in the initial configurationof the tether. The robot may cross its tether but nothing can cross obstacles, which cause the tether to bend. The algorithm applies as well for planning a shortest path for the free end of an anchored cable.

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تاریخ انتشار 1999