Module RO4210-KP04

Path Planning and Control of Wheeled Robots (PPaCWR)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Master Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2019, module part, Module part Current Issues Robotics and Automation

Classes and lectures:

  • RO4200-Ü: Path Planning and Control of Wheeled Robots (exercise, 1 SWS)
  • RO4200-V: Path Planning and Control of Wheeled Robots (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 45 hours in-classroom work
  • 75 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

  • Students are familiarwith kinematic and dynamic modeling of wheeled mobile robots
  • Students are familiar with path planning methods for wheeled robots and important issues
  • Students are familiar with trajectory tracking control of wheeled mobile robots
  • Students are able to implement the methods mentioned above using Matlab

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Classification of wheeled mobile robots
  • Types of wheels and wheel configurations
  • Difference between mobile robots and robot arms
  • Kinematic nonholonomic constraints on wheels
  • Degrees of mobility, steerability, and maneuverability
  • Forward kinematics (unicycle, differential-drive robot, car-like robot, n-trailer systems)
  • Inverse kinematics
  • Lagrange dynamic approach
  • Newton-Euler approach
  • Path planning vs trajectory planning
  • Trajectory planning
  • Path planning using artificial potential fields
  • Planning via retraction
  • Planning via cell decomposition
  • Probabilistic planning
  • Application of MPC Controller on wheeled robots
  • Trajectory tracking
  • Leader-Follower trajectory tracking control
  • Control of multi-robot systems

Grading through:

  • portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

  • Prof. Dr. Georg Schildbach

Teacher:

Literature:

  • M.W. Spong, S. Hutchinson, and M. Vidyasagar : Robot Modeling and Control 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2020
  • R. Siegwart, I.R. Nourbakhsh, D. Scaramuzza : Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots MIT Press, 2011
  • B. Siciliano, L. Sciavicco, L. Villani, G. Oriolo : Robotics - Modelling, Planning and Control 3rd Edition, Springer, 2009
  • H. Choset, K. Lynch, S. Hutchinson, G. Kantor, W. Burgard, L. Kavraki, and S. Thrun : Principles of Robot Motion - Theory, Algorithms, and Implementation MIT Press, 2005

Language:

  • offered only in English

Notes:

This module can only be taken as one module from the Current Issues Robotics and Automation (CS4290-KP04, CS4290) catalog.

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- Successful completion of exercise slips as specified at the beginning of the semester.

Module Exam(s):
RO4210-L1: Portfolio Examination Path Planning and Control of Wheeled Robots with a total of 100 points, divided as follows:
- 60 points for submission of homework
- 40 points for an e-test

Last Updated:

17.08.2022