Obstacle avoidance algorithm with consideration of wheel load change

Abstract

A lot of obstacle avoiding algorithm for mobile robot has been proposed. However, consideration of slippage that is caused by wheel load change is lacked in these methods. This causes unstable motion of mobile robot. This research aims to achieve safe motion of mobile robot by considering slippage. We propose obstacle avoidance algorithm for omni-wheeled mobile robot without slippage by load change. This was achieved by extension of Dynamic Window Approach algorithm. Proposal method is tested on RoboCup MSL robot. The result shows 60% reduction of slippage compared with conventional method.