Variable sized grid cells for rapid replanning in dynamic environments

Authors:
Rachel Kirby;Reid Simmons;Jodi Forlizzi
Affiliations:
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA;Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA;Human-Computer Interaction Institute and the School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Venue:
IROS'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ international conference on Intelligent robots and systems
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper presents a method for improving the runtime of an optimal heuristic path planner (A*) so that it can run repeatedly, in real-time, in a dynamic environment. This is necessary for mobile robots navigating in dynamic environments that have moving obstacles with associated costs, such as personal space around people or buffer zones around dangerous vehicles. Our approach is to modify the search space used by the A* algorithm, increasing the size of grid cells further from the robot. This approach relies on the notion that only the area closest to the robot needs to be searched carefully; areas further from the robot can be searched more coarsely. Because the planner is assumed to run repeatedly as the robot moves, the robot will always have a fine-grained path defined for its next action. We have experimentally verified in simulation that this algorithm can be run in real-time and produces paths that are comparable to full-resolution planning.