Research Article

Improved Manipulator Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning Based on Potential Field Method

Table 5

Comparison of data between two planning methods for an obstacle.

S/N [rad] [m]Extreme point?

144 (45)3.5500 (3.5500)1.4616 (1.5082)No (No)
252 (53)4.2412 (4.2097)1.3254 (1.5204)No (No)
344 (46)3.6757 (3.6128)1.4493 (1.4825)No (No)
451 (56)3.8642 (4.0527)1.4639 (1.5969)No (No)
548 (48)3.2358 (3.3615)1.5348 (1.5828)No (No)
650 (54)3.8327 (4.0527)1.5411 (1.4013)No (No)

The corresponding histogram is shown in Figures 6ā€“8.