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Probabilistic Roadmap

The Probabilistic Roadmap (PRM) method is a motion planning algorithm that builds a pre-computed graph (roadmap) of feasible paths through the configuration space by sampling random configurations and connecting them if collision-free. Introduced by Kavraki et al. in 1996, PRM is powerful for multi-query planning scenarios where many path queries are answered, amortizing roadmap construction cost across many queries.

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Probabilistic Roadmap
Taxonomic method record · ml-model / control-theory
  • Kavraki, L. E., Svestka, P., Latombe, J. C., & Overmars, M. H. (1996). Probabilistic roadmaps for path planning in high-dimensional configuration spaces. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 12(4), 566-580. · DOI 10.1109/70.508439
  • Overmars, M. H., & Svestka, P. (1992). A probabilistic learning approach to motion planning. Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, 19-37. · URL
  • LaValle, S. M. (2006). Planning Algorithms. Cambridge University Press. · URL
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