Planning Algorithms
by Steven M. LaValle · first published 2006
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Not my field, but in case this link is helpful: "Planning Algorithms" by Steven M. LaValle http://planning.cs.uiuc.edu/ >This book presents a unified treatment of many different kinds of planning algorithms. The subject lies at the crossroads between robotics, control…
on “Ask HN: What are the modern approaches to robotic control?” ↗…plans according to some heuristic and choose the best, then repeat. It is not magic. There is a serious craft and engineering to it. You can read a good introduction to different approaches in Lavalle’s Planning Algorithms book if you are so interested.
on “An autonomous car in SF blocked a fire truck responding to an emergency” ↗…math literacy before diving into them. Speaking of navigation, if you're interested in motion planning i.e. how to optimally (safely and efficiently) go from point A to point B, what you read is Planning Algorithms by Steven M. Lavalle http://lavalle.pl/planning/ for various ways the math people have came up with to solve this. Many cool applications in fields outside of robotics like in Computer Graphics/Animation…
on “Ask HN: Courses/textbook recommendations for studying robotics?” ↗Seems like an interesting complement to the (free) book on planning algorithms by Steven Lavalle: http://planning.cs.uiuc.edu/
on “Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Control” ↗…fields. Engineering is no different. Would you be mad at Thrun for publishing and profiting from Probablistic Robotics while publishing academic papers on the same subject? I wasn't. Though le valle's "Planning Algorithms" was released free and has arguably done better, that model is not the state of the art in most academic publishing.
on “Fast Radio Bursts from Extragalactic Light Sails (2017) [pdf]” ↗