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M. Whitty, S. Cossell, K. S. Dang, J. Guivant and J. Katupitiya, “Autonomous Navigation Using a Real-Time 3D Point Cloud,” Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, December 2010.

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• TITLE: Parallel Evaluation of a Spatial Traversability Cost Function on GPU for Efficient Path Planning

  AUTHORS: Stephen Cossell, Jose Guivant

  KEYWORDS: GPGPU, Dynamic Programming, Concurrent Programming, Path Planning

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Intelligent Learning Systems and Applications, Vol.3 No.4, November 29, 2011

  ABSTRACT: A parallel version of the traditional grid based cost-to-go function generation algorithm used in robot path planning is introduced. The process takes advantage of the spatial layout of an occupancy grid by concurrently calculating the next wave front of grid cells usually evaluated sequentially in traditional dynamic programming algorithms. The algorithm offers an order of magnitude increase in run time for highly obstacle dense worst-case environments. Efficient path planning of real world agents can greatly increase their accuracy and responsiveness. The process and theoretical analysis are covered before the results of practical testing are discussed.