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  • Robotics and Automation
  • Micro-robotics
  • Path Planning Algorithms

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  • Microrobot navigation in confined spaces necessitates path planning for efficiency and collision avoidance.
  • Existing methods often create collision-prone paths by neglecting wall boundaries during simplification.
  • A need exists for robust algorithms that guarantee collision-free trajectories for microrobots.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce Secure Angle-based Geometric Elimination (SAGE), a path-simplification algorithm for microrobot navigation.
  • To enable real-time, collision-free trajectory generation from pixel-level shortest paths.
  • To enhance the efficiency and safety of microrobot operations in constrained environments.

Main Methods:

  • SAGE is a single-pass algorithm that simplifies pixel-level paths into low-complexity trajectories.
  • It analyzes triplets of points (pi, pi+1, pi+2), removing the middle point based on turning angle thresholds or direct segment collision-free checks.
  • The algorithm was integrated with Dijkstra and RRT planners and compared computationally to the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm.

Main Results:

  • SAGE achieved approximately 5% shorter path length and 20% lower turning cost compared to conventional methods.
  • The algorithm demonstrated a 0% collision rate across complex maze and vascular environments.
  • Computational performance was comparable to the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm.

Conclusions:

  • SAGE provides an efficient and reliable framework for high-speed, collision-free microrobot navigation.
  • The algorithm's effectiveness was validated through quantitative analysis and experimental microrobot demonstrations.
  • SAGE is suitable for automation in lab-on-a-chip, chemical-reaction, and molecular-diagnostic systems.