Time-optimal rendezvous with moving objects in dynamic cluttered environments using a guidance based technique

This paper presents a novel method for the time-optimal rendezvous of an autonomous vehicle with moving targets in the presence of dynamic obstacles. This interception problem is addressed by utilizing the velocity obstacle approach of Fiorni and Shiller augmented with a rendezvous-guidance algorithm. However, the velocity obstacle approach had to be modified to ensure that the real-time planned path deviates minimally from the one generated by the rendezvous-guidance algorithm. Simulation and experimental results, some of which are presented in this paper, clearly demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed interception method