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Control Engineering Primer September 3, 2026

Control Engineering Primer: Path Planning — A*, Dijkstra, RRT, RRT*, and PRM

Path planning is not drawing a shortest line. This primer compares grid and continuous-space algorithms while accounting for robot footprint, map uncertainty, computation, SLAM/Nav2 integration, and safety.

Fundamentals · 5 min Technology Trends August 20, 2026

Technology Trends in Navigation

From the classical pipeline of maps, costmaps, and path planning, to end-to-end approaches via reinforcement learning, to foundation models built on Vision-Language models. Surveying where autonomous mobile robot navigation stands today.

Trends · 7 min