10. Navigation and guidance system
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• The current position of the robot on the map. This usually only needs to be provided when a
new map is activated.
Figure 10.2 On the map, the current position of the robot is identified by the robot icon , and the goal
destination in this example is the robot position . The robot computer now determines a path from the
current position to the goal position.
Once the robot computer has a map with the robot's current position and a goal destination, it
begins planning a route between the two positions on the map using the global planner.
10.3 Global planner
The global planner is an algorithm in the robot computer that generates a path to the goal
position.This path is known as the global path.