Pedestrian Models for Robot Motion

Francesco Zanlungo; Florent Ferreri; Jani Even; Luis Yoichi Morales; Zeynep Yücel; Takayuki Kanda

doi:10.17815/CD.2020.90

Authors

Francesco Zanlungo ATR IRC, Kyoto, Japan
Florent Ferreri ATR IRC, Kyoto, Japan
Jani Even ATR IRC, Kyoto, Japan and Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Luis Yoichi Morales Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Zeynep Yücel Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
Takayuki Kanda ATR IRC, Kyoto, Japan and Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2020.90

Keywords:

robotics, collective behavior, collision avoidance, potential-based model

Abstract

We discuss the development of a robot system able to replicate human group motion and show how a pedestrian model may be converted to a robot control system in order to achieve this goal.

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