Autonomous dynamic obstacle avoidance for bacteria-powered microrobots (BPMs) with modified vector field histogram

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 10; p. e0185744
• Main Authors: Kim, Hoyeon, Cheang, U. Kei, Kim, Min Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.10.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Analysis; Bacteria; Bioelectric Energy Sources; Computer Simulation; Design and construction; Electric properties; Motion; Physical Sciences; Research and Analysis Methods; Robotics - methods; Robots; Serratia - physiology; Stochastic Processes; United States

In order to broaden the use of microrobots in practical fields, autonomous control algorithms such as obstacle avoidance must be further developed. However, most previous studies of microrobots used manual motion control to navigate past tight spaces and obstacles while very few studies demonstrated...