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The application of logic programming to the generation of paths for robots*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

R. H. Davis and
M. Camacho
R. H. Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, 79, Grassmarket. Edinburg EH1 2HJ (U.K.)
M. Camacho
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, 79, Grassmarket. Edinburg EH1 2HJ (U.K.)
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Summary

This paper outlines a heuristic approach for the development of a control strategy for finding a safe path for a polyhedral object moving amongst known polyhedral objects. This is achieved by the algorithm A* for finding a minimum cost path in a graph; the algorithm is implemented on a computer under the UNIX operating system, using the NU7 version of PROLOG.

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Robotica , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 1984, pp. 93 - 103
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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