The Potential Field Approach in the Path Finding Problem: History and Perspectives.
Abstract:
The potential field approach is based on the mobile robot motion in the field of 'information forces' ('attraction' to goal point, 'repulsion' from obstacles, etc.). The history of such representations beginning from the 'field theory' of K. Levin is presented. The results of the potential field approach use for the distributed mobile system control are also presented.
