Algorithmic approach to intelligent robot mobility
Stuart Kauffman · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1983
This paper presents Sutherland's algorithm, plus an alternative algorithm, which allows mobile robots to move about intelligently in environments resembling the rooms and hallways in which we move around. The main hardware requirements for a robot to use the algorithms presented are mobility and an ability to sense distances with some type of non-contact scanning device. This article does not discuss the actual robot construction. The emphasis is on heuristics and algorithms. 1 reference.