Energy Optimal Velocity Profiles for Car-like Robots

Tokekar, Pratap
Karnad, Nikhil
2011-02-09
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Energy Optimal Velocity Profiles for Car-like Robots

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For battery-powered mobile robots to operate for long periods of time, it is critical to optimize their motion so as to minimize energy consumption. The driving motors are a major source of power consumption. In this paper, we study the problem of finding energy-efficient velocity profiles for car-like robots given a path to travel. We start with an established model for energy consumption of DC motors. First, we study the problem of computing an optimal velocity profile for a car-like robot so as to minimize the energy consumed while traveling along a given path. We present closed form solutions for the unconstrained case and for the case where there is a bound on maximum velocity. We also study a general problem where the robot's path is composed of segments (e.g. circular arcs and line segments). We are given a velocity bound for each segment. For this problem, we present a dynamic programming solution which uses the solution for the single-constraint case as a subroutine. In addition, we present a calibration method to find model parameters. Finally, we present results from experiments conducted on a custom-built robot.

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Tokekar, Pratap; Karnad, Nikhil. (2011). Energy Optimal Velocity Profiles for Car-like Robots. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/215850.

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