A decentralized local constraint path planner for multiple mobile robots

This paper presents a decentralized motion planning methodology for multiple mobile robots. A novel three-step local-constraint-path planner (LCPP) is proposed to perform path planning for each robot while considering kinematic constraint and online implement efficiency. A priority-based strategy is employed in the planning to avoid mutual collisions amongst the robots. Simulations are performed on a group of mobile robots to demonstrate the performance of the proposed planning method.