Institute of Robotics - BAS

Investigation of Robots and Algorithms Working In Complex Environment

Redundant robots in an environment with obstacles

Scientific research is being conducted on algorithms for controlling redundant robots in an obstacle-ridden environment. A redundant robot with seven DOFs has been purchased for the project.

redundand robot 1
mobile robot 4

Photo of the purchased redundant robot.

redundand robot 2

Photo of a 3D printed redundant robot created by the project team.

Articles on this topic:

  1. Yovchev K., Motion Planning with Obstacle Avoidance within Complex Environment for Redundant Manipulators, 2025 International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies (CompSysTech), Ruse, Bulgaria, 2025, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/CompSysTech65493.2025.11137202 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11137202
  2. Yovchev K., Integration of Large Language Model Agents with Robot Operating System for Human-Robot Interaction and Task Allocation in Complex Environments, 2025 International Conference Automatics and Informatics (ICAI), Varna, Bulgaria, 2025, pp. 763-768, doi: 10.1109/ICAI67591.2025.11324725,https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11324725
  3. Chavdarov, I., Naydenov, B., Kostova, B., Kostova, S., Redundant Robots for Work in Space - Literature Review, Actuators 2026, 15 (2), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/act15020124
  4. Chavdarov, I., Kostova, S., Naydenov, B., Kostova, B., 3D Printed Robots For Digital Education – Case Studies, Communications in Computer and Information Science, под печат.

Demonstration Videos:

Video demonstrating the operation of the purchased redundant robot.

 

GitHub:

3D models of the elements of the 3D printed redundant robot for educational purposes can be downloaded from: Investigation-of-Robots-and-Algorithms-Working-In-Complex-Environment

Photos from experiments:

mobile robot 2
mobile robot 3
mobile robot 4
mobile robot 5