Eva Schiffer

Not Bumping Into Things. Craig Reynolds.

Summary:

This paper discusses various methods of collision avoidance for independent agents to avoid both static and dynamic obstacles in a two or three dimensional environment. 

Problem:

What strategies will keep independent agents from colliding with solid objects in their surroundings?

Method:

This paper discusses various methods, including repulsion force fields, steering away from the center of an obstacle, and steering along the surface of an obstacle with some sort of distance sensor. There is also a section about using an actual image (from the agent's point of view) to determine the direction that an agent should steer in.

Key Ideas:

There are various strategies that can be used to avoid collisions with obstacles, each with their own weaknesses and strengths.

Contributions:

This paper was more of a summary of existing methods and as such provided good learning/teaching material for this subject.

Questions:

I did not have any significant questions about this paper.