3D environment mapping using the Kinect V2 and path planning based on RRT algorithms

Abstract

This paper describes a 3D path planning system that is able to provide a solution trajectory for the automatic control of a robot. The proposed system uses a point cloud obtained from the robot workspace,with a Kinect V2 sensor to identify the interest regions and the obstacles of the environment. Our proposal includes a collision-free path planner based on the Rapidly-exploring Random Trees variant (RRT*),for a safe and optimal navigation of robots in 3D spaces. Results on RGB-D segmentation and recognition,point cloud processing,and comparisons between different RRT* algorithms,are presented.