Safe Route Planning for a Manipulator Robot Using the Seam Carving Technique

• Anderson Lima de Oliveira IFCE
• Geraldo Luis Bezerra Ramalho IFCE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/erbase.2024.4418

Abstract

Route planning is a frequently addressed problem that aims to ensure safe operation in collaborative robotics. Seam Carving is a digital image processing (DIP) technique used in content-aware image resizing tasks, based on the identification of the lowest energy present. In the context of collaborative robotics, areas that present a lower incidence of obstacles indicate areas of lower energy. This work presents the use of this technique to obtain safe routes for the robotic manipulator, allowing its operation in different scenarios. The quantitative and qualitative results demonstrate that this approach presents itself as a new approach in the area of collaborative robotics.

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