An efficient algorithm for planning collision-free translational motion of a convex polygonal object in 2-dimensional space amidst polygonal obstacles

  • Authors:
  • K. Kedem;M. Sharir

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department, School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University;Computer Science Department, School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University

  • Venue:
  • SCG '85 Proceedings of the first annual symposium on Computational geometry
  • Year:
  • 1985

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Abstract

We state and prove a theorem about the number of points of local nonconvexity in the union of m. Minkowski sums of planar convex sets, and then apply it to planning a collision-free translational motion of a convex polygon B amidst several (convex) polygonal obstacles Al,…, Am, following a basic approach suggested by Lozano-Perez and Wesley. Assuming that the number of corners of B is fixed, the algorithm developed here runs in time &Ogr;(n log2n), where n is the total number of corners of the Al's.