Section 2: Obstacle Avoidance

• CARMEL is the oldest mobile robot at UM; since 1987.   • Test bed for developing VFH obstacle avoidance method.   • VFH is widely used.   • VFH compensates for inaccuracies of ultrasonic sensors.   • We believe VFH to be the fastest obstacle avoidance method demonstrated to date.

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