A novel parking control algorithm for a car-like mobile robot

This paper proposes a novel algorithm for parking motion of a Car-like mobile robot. The algorithm presented here addresses calculating equations for planning a parking path in real time. Moreover, by incorporating the constraints of the mechanical and kinematical characteristics of the car and the geometry of the parking lot in the path planning, we can turn a parking problem into solving algebraic equations. By tracking a planned path, the Car-like mobile robot can drive into the parking area without hitting any boundaries. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated by simulation.